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Method for artificially implanting hair

Details

Inventors: Pridemore, William J.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Michell; Robert W.
Assistant Examiner: Thaler; Michael H.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bailey, Dority & Flint

A method and apparatus for artificially implanting hair in human skin tissue is disclosed wherein a strand of hair is folded upon itself to define a pair of strands joined together by a U-shaped bend at which an enlarged anchor element is provided to be implanted in the skin with the strand of hair exposed above the surface. The apparatus includes a plurality of needles carried in a side-by-side relationship on a base member each needle having an interior bore in which the anchor element is held with the hair strands held by a hair clamp on the enterior of the needle. The needle is inserted into the skin and the anchor is dislodged therefrom whereupon withdrawal of the needle leaves the anchor implanted with the hair strands exposed above the skin surface.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It has been found that a method and apparatus for artificially implanting a strand of hair into human skin tissue may be provided by an implanting tool having at least one implant needle with an interior bore and a clamp for holding the hair exteriorally of the needle and by a single strand of hair folded to provide a pair of strands joined by a U-shaped bend portion with an improved anchor element secured at the bend portion.
The method contemplates placing the anchor element in the front end of the needle bore with the hair strand held about the exterior of the needle and inserting the needle in the skin tissue and dislodging the anchor element from the interior of the needle as the needle is withdrawn with the hair strand on the exterior thereof.
In this manner, binding of the strand within the needle bore is avoided as the needle is withdrawn from the skin tissue leaving the anchor element embedded in the tissue with the hair strand being exposed above the skin surface.
In the preferred embodiment, the improved anchor is provided by an annular element having a narrow outer rim and an enlarged medial opening pervious to the growth of skin whereby the anchor is secured by knotting the strand over the outer rim at the bend portion.

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