KR102237437B1 - Hair implant structure - Google Patents

Abstract

A hair implant structure includes: a receiving member into which hair follicles are inserted through an inlet opened upward; and a seating member fixed to the outer surface of the receiving member and having a protrusion for fixing a position when inserted into the skin.

Description

Hair implant structure {HAIR IMPLANT STRUCTURE}

The following embodiments relate to a hair implant structure.

Regarding the surgical treatment of hair loss symptoms, starting from the initial scalp transplantation, a punch transplantation method was applied in the US in the 1950s. Later, in 1988, as the method of separation of hair follicles using a microscope was announced in the United States, a follicular group transplantation was applied. In the United States, hair follicle group transplantation using a slit was developed, and in Korea, follicle group transplantation using a transplanter was developed.

In the case of the slit method, wounds may occur due to improper procedures, the possibility of damaging the hair follicles is high, it is difficult to control the implantation depth, and there is a high possibility of causing inflammation due to poor hair follicle insertion. In the case of using a hair transplanter, the hair follicle damage is small and the operation time can be shortened, thereby improving the engraftment rate.

Hair follicle group transplantation can be divided into hair follicle collection and hair follicle transplantation according to the stage. According to the hair follicle collection method, the scalp tissue is excised in the shape of a long strip on a horizontal line, and the occipital scalp is collected, and then the incision-type sectioning is performed to separate the hair follicle group units. It can be classified as a non-incisional hair follicle group extraction method that is removed in units. In the case of initial section harvesting, the scalp is not wide enough to relax, so the scalp should be collected as narrow as possible in order to minimize the scar pulling phenomenon.

In the case of the follicle group unit extraction method, there may be individual gaps in the collection process, so the development and application of a collection robot is required to minimize this. In the case of section harvesting, a single thin line-shaped scar occurs, the engraftment rate is relatively high, it takes relatively little time and cost, and the density of the extraction site is maintained, making it suitable for mass transplantation. Small spots cause minimal scarring and recovery speed is fast, but the engraftment rate is relatively low and time and cost are relatively high, so a small amount of transplantation is suitable.

Artificial hair transplantation was introduced around the 1980s, but side effects such as foreign body reactions, inflammatory reactions, fibrosis, and low engraftment rate were raised. As the 1990s passed, artificial hairs that could be transplanted through a hair transplanter were gradually secured with the improvement of artificial hair preparations and stability. It has been developed and is approved as a medical device in Europe and the like, and it has been confirmed that side effects have been significantly reduced. However, artificial hair transplantation is non-permanent, has a high rate of spontaneous loss, and causes some serious inflammation and infection, so it has not been approved in some countries such as the United States.

Accordingly, there is a need for a hair transplant technology that can reduce the time and cost required for hair transplantation, and secure a high engraftment rate and safety.

Korean Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1496046

The present invention is to solve the above-described problem, and includes a receiving member into which the hair follicle is inserted through an inlet opening upwardly, and a protrusion fixed to the outer surface of the receiving member and for fixing the position when inserted into the skin. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hair implant structure including a seating member.

The subject of the present invention is not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other problems that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The hair implant structure according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the above problems includes a receiving member into which a hair follicle is inserted through an inlet opening upwardly, and is fixed to the outer surface of the receiving member and fixed to the position when inserted into the skin. It includes a seating member having a protrusion for.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the receiving member is formed such that one end and the other end of the inlet are adjacent to each other, and when an external force is applied, the one end and the other end adjacent to each other are spaced apart from each other, so that the hair follicle can be inserted and separated. It can be formed as

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protrusion is disposed at one end side and the other end side adjacent to each other of the inlet port, and is spaced apart from the outer surface of the receiving member so as to protrude outward when one end and the other end of the inlet port are adjacent to each other. , When one end and the other end of the inlet are spaced apart from each other, it may be in contact with the outer surface of the receiving member.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the receiving member has a cylindrical shape when one end and the other end adjacent to each other of the inlet are spaced apart from each other, and the seating member is fixed to the receiving member so as to surround the lower outer circumferential surface of the receiving member, When one end and the other end of the inlet are adjacent to each other, the protrusion protruding upward among the upper corners may be spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the receiving member.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the receiving member is formed integrally with the seating member, and has a bottom surface that blocks the inner space into which the hair follicle is inserted from the skin, and when the skin is inserted, the inlet of the receiving member is It can be exposed to the outside.

According to the present invention, when the hair follicle and the hair itself are fixed in a form completely buried in the scalp, or when the hair follicle and hair are transplanted in a state that is completely fixed with the implant structure, it is very difficult to replace the hair once transplanted. In the case of the resulting hair implant structure, replacement of the hair is very simple and convenient, and there is no need for a separate procedure for this, so that the burden of cost and time can be minimized. In addition, separation of the hair follicle and hair inserted inside the receiving member through the self-elasticity of the hair implant structure and pressure by the surrounding scalp can be effectively prevented.

In addition, when a very strong force is applied to the hair, the force is directly transmitted to the scalp when the hair is completely fixed to the scalp as in the past, and the scalp is inevitably damaged, but in the case of the hair implant structure according to the present invention, in a daily environment. The hair follicles and hairs do not escape by the force of, but when a very strong force is applied, the inlet is expanded and the hair follicles and hair are separated, preventing the force from being transmitted to the scalp and preventing skin damage.

In addition, by blocking direct contact between the hair follicle and the scalp by the bottom surface, side effects such as inflammation caused by the hair follicle and the hair material can be blocked. As the hair follicles and hairs are completely blocked from the scalp, artificial hair follicles and artificial hair of various materials, or natural hair and artificial hair follicles, etc. of various materials can be freely applied without fear of side effects.

However, the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a hair implant structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic perspective view of the hair implant structure of FIG. 1 in a state in which the input port is expanded by an external force.
3 schematically shows a process of implanting the hair implant structure of FIG. 1 on the scalp.
4 schematically shows the hair implant structure of FIG. 1 implanted on the scalp.
5 schematically shows a process of inserting the hair follicle implantation device into the inlet of the hair implant structure of FIG. 4 implanted on the scalp.
6 schematically shows a process of inserting a hair follicle and a hair into the hair implant structure of FIG. 5 through a hair follicle implantation device.
FIG. 7 schematically shows a process of separating the hair follicle implantation device by placing the hair follicle and the hair inserted in FIG. 6 inside the hair implant structure.
FIG. 8 schematically shows a hair implant structure restored to an initial shape in a state in which the hair follicle and hair are accommodated therein after the hair follicle transplant device is separated from FIG.
9 schematically shows a process of replacing the hair follicles and hairs previously accommodated in the hair implant structure with new follicles and hairs as shown in FIG. 8.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various forms different from each other, and only these embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to completely inform the scope of the invention to the possessor, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

In the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise defined, all terms including technical or scientific terms used herein are the same as those generally understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. It has meaning. Terms as defined in a commonly used dictionary should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and unless explicitly defined in the embodiments of the present invention, an ideal or excessively formal meaning Is not interpreted as.

The shapes, sizes, ratios, angles, numbers, etc. disclosed in the drawings for explaining the embodiments of the present invention are exemplary, and thus the present invention is not limited to the illustrated matters. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of related known technologies may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. When'include','have','consists of' and the like mentioned in the present specification are used, other parts may be added unless'only' is used. In the case of expressing the constituent elements in the singular, it includes the case of including the plural unless specifically stated otherwise.

In interpreting the constituent elements, it is interpreted as including an error range even if there is no explicit description.

In the case of a description of the positional relationship, for example, if the positional relationship of two parts is described as'upper','upper of','lower of','next to','right' Or, unless'direct' is used, one or more other parts may be located between the two parts.

When an element or layer is referred to as “on” another element or layer, it includes all cases where another layer or other element is interposed directly on or in the middle of another element. The same reference numerals refer to the same elements throughout the specification.

The size and thickness of each component shown in the drawings are illustrated for convenience of description, and the present invention is not necessarily limited to the size and thickness of the illustrated component.

Each of the features of the various embodiments of the present invention may be partially or entirely combined or combined with each other, and as a person skilled in the art can fully understand, technically various interlocking and driving are possible, and each of the embodiments may be independently implemented with respect to each other. It may be possible to do it together in a related relationship.

Hereinafter, a hair implant structure according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 9, the hair implant structure 100 includes a receiving member 110 and a seating member 120.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a hair implant structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the hair implant structure of FIG. 1 in a state in which an input port is expanded by an external force.

The hair implant structure 100 includes a receiving member 110 into which a hair follicle is inserted through an inlet 111 that is opened upward, and a protrusion fixed to the outer surface of the receiving member 110 and for fixing a position when inserted into the skin. It includes a seating member 120 provided with (122).

The receiving member 110 is formed such that one end and the other end of the inlet 111 are adjacent to each other, and when an external force is applied, the one end and the other end adjacent to each other are spaced apart from each other to be formed of an elastic material so that the hair follicle can be inserted and separated. I can. The receiving member 110 may include a junction 112 in which the inlet 111 is disposed adjacent to each other in a state in which there is no external force, and an extension 113 in which the inlet 111 is spaced apart from each other. Each of the bonding portions 112 and the extension portions 113 are alternately disposed to form a sidewall of the receiving member 110, and each of the bonding portions 112 and the extension portions 113 may be disposed opposite to each other. The entire hair implant structure 100 may be formed of the same elastic material, or only the receiving member 110 may be formed of an elastic material, and the seating member 120 may be formed of another hard material. In particular, when there is no external force, the receiving member 110 can maintain a state where one end and the other end are adjacent to each other so that the inlet 111 is narrowed, and the inlet 111 is expanded by an external force applied from the inside of the inlet 111 to the outside. It can be formed to be. The receiving member 110 may be formed of a silicone polymer having an elastic material, an elastic polymer, or other synthetic resin having elasticity that does not cause inflammation in the human body.

The protrusions 122 are disposed at one end and the other end adjacent to each other of the inlet 111, and are spaced apart from the outer surface of the receiving member 110 so as to protrude outward when one end and the other end of the inlet 111 are adjacent to each other, When one end and the other end of the inlet 111 are spaced apart from each other, the outer surface of the receiving member 110 may be in contact. When there is no external force, the bonding portion 112 of the receiving member 110 may maintain a state spaced apart from the inner surface of the seating member 120. Meanwhile, irrespective of whether an external force is applied, the expansion portion 113 of the receiving member 110 and the inner surface of the seating member 120 may always be fixed to each other. When the input port 110 is expanded by applying an external force, the joint 112 of the receiving member 110 and the inner surface of the seating member 120 may come into contact with each other.

The receiving member 110 has a cylindrical shape when one end and the other end adjacent to each other of the inlet 111 are spaced apart from each other, and the seating member 120 is fixed to the receiving member 110 so as to surround the lower outer circumferential surface of the receiving member 110 , When one end and the other end of the inlet 111 are adjacent to each other, the protrusion 122 protruding upward among the upper corners may be spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the receiving member 110.

The receiving member 110 is formed integrally with the seating member 120, has a bottom surface 123 that blocks the inner space into which the hair follicle is inserted from the skin, and the inlet 111 of the receiving member 110 when the skin is inserted May be exposed to the outside of the skin.

The overall shape and connection relationship of the hair implant structure 100 has been described above. Hereinafter, a hair follicle and a hair transplantation process using the hair implant structure 100 will be described in detail.

3 schematically shows the process of implanting the hair implant structure of FIG. 1 on the scalp, FIG. 4 schematically shows the hair implant structure of FIG. 1 implanted on the scalp, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of FIG. 4 implanted on the scalp. It schematically shows the process of inserting the hair follicle implantation device into the inlet of the hair implant structure, and FIG. 6 schematically shows the process of inserting the hair follicle and hair into the hair implant structure of FIG. 5 through the hair follicle implantation device, and FIG. 7 Figure 6 schematically shows the process of separating the hair follicle implantation device by placing the inserted hair follicle and hair inside the hair implant structure, and Figure 8 is a state in which the hair follicle and hair are accommodated therein after the hair follicle implantation device is separated in Figure 7 Schematically shows the hair implant structure restored to its initial shape, and FIG. 9 schematically shows the process of replacing the hair follicles and hairs previously accommodated in the hair implant structure with new hair follicles and hairs as shown in FIG. 8.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, the hair implant structure 100 may be implanted using a known invasive device 300 for penetrating the scalp 10 and inserting the hair implant structure 100. In order to insert the hair implant structure 100 at an appropriate depth, the tip of the invasive device 300 is inserted into the scalp 10, and the hair implant structure 100 is moved to the implantation position through the internal passage of the invasive device 300. I can.

Next, when the invasive device 300 is removed from the scalp 10, the hair implant structure 100 may be fixed in a state inserted into the scalp 10, as shown in FIG. 4. At this time, the hair implant structure 100 must be inserted at an appropriate depth so that the inlet 111 of the receiving member 110 is exposed outside the surface of the scalp 10. Since the inlet 111 is implanted in a state exposed to the outside, it may be easy to insert and replace the hair follicle through the inlet 111.

When the hair implant structure 100 passes through the scalp 10 for a certain period of time while being inserted into the scalp 10, the surrounding skin penetrates and sits between the receiving member 110 and the seating member 120, thereby causing the hair implant structure 100 to become a scalp. It can be stably fixed to (10). In this way, only the hair implant structure 100 is implanted on the scalp before the hair follicles and hair are transplanted to aid in stable seating, and it is possible to easily check and respond to the recovery state of the scalp 10.

After fixing the scalp of the hair implant structure 100, the inlet 111 may be expanded as shown in FIG. 5 using the hair follicle implantation device 200. In the absence of a separate external force, the receiving member 110 may maintain a narrowed state of the inlet 111 due to the self-elasticity of the hair implant structure 100 and pressure by the surrounding skin. When the insertion port 111 is expanded to the hair follicle transplant device 200 for hair follicle transplantation, the surrounding skin is deformed within a certain range without damage, thereby securing a space in which the hair follicle can be injected.

After expanding the inlet 111 using the hair follicle implantation device 200, the hair follicle 20 and the hair 30 can be inserted into the inner space of the receiving member 110 of the hair implant structure 100 as shown in FIG. 6. have. As shown in FIG. 7, when the hair follicle 20 is inserted so that it contacts the bottom surface 123 and then the hair follicle transplant device 200 is recovered, the receiving member 110 is in a state in which the inlet 110 is narrowed as shown in FIG. 8. As it is restored, the hair follicle 20 may be maintained in a fixed state inside the receiving member 110. By blocking direct contact between the hair follicle 20 and the scalp 10 by the bottom surface 123, side effects such as inflammation due to the material of the hair follicle 20 and the hair 30 can be blocked. As the hair follicle 20 and the hair 30 are completely blocked from the scalp, artificial hair follicles and artificial hair of various materials, or natural hair and artificial hair follicles, etc. of various materials can be freely applied without fear of side effects.

After transplantation of the hair follicles 20 and the hair 30 to the hair implant structure 100, if hair replacement is required for reasons such as cutting or damage of the hair 30, style change, etc., as shown in FIG. The hair follicle can be replaced simply by removing the previously transplanted hair follicle and hair using a hair follicle transplant device, and then inserting the new hair follicle and hair to be replaced.

When the hair follicle and hair itself are completely buried in the scalp, or when the hair follicle and hair are completely fixed with the implant structure, it is very difficult to replace the hair once transplanted, but the hair implant structure according to the present invention ( In the case of 100), hair replacement is very simple and convenient, and there is no need for a separate treatment process for this, thus minimizing the burden of cost and time. In addition, separation of the hair follicle and hair inserted inside the receiving member 110 through the self-elasticity of the hair implant structure 100 and pressure by the surrounding scalp can be effectively prevented.

In addition, when a very strong force is applied to the hair, the force is directly transmitted to the scalp when the hair is completely fixed to the scalp as in the past, so that the scalp is inevitably damaged, but in the case of the hair implant structure 100 according to the present invention The hair follicles and hair do not come off by force in the daily environment, but when a very strong force is applied, the inlet 111 is expanded and the hair follicles and hair are separated, preventing the power from being transmitted to the scalp and blocking skin damage. I can.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. . Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention, but to explain the technical idea, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative and non-limiting in all respects. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

110: accommodation member
120: seating member
100: hair implant structure
10: scalp
20: hair follicle
30: hair

Claims (3)

A receiving member into which the hair follicle is inserted through the inlet opening upwardly; And
It includes a seating member fixed to the outer surface of the receiving member and having a protrusion for fixing a position when inserted into the skin
The receiving member is formed of an elastic material such that one end and the other end of the inlet are adjacent to each other, and when an external force is applied, one end and the other end adjacent to each other are spaced apart from each other to allow insertion and separation of the hair follicle. Structure.
delete The method of claim 1,
The protrusions are respectively disposed at one end side and the other end side adjacent to each other of the inlet port, and when one end and the other end of the inlet port are adjacent to each other, the protrusion is spaced apart from the outer surface of the receiving member so as to protrude outward, and one end and the other end of the inlet port are When spaced apart, the hair implant structure, characterized in that in contact with the outer surface of the receiving member.

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