KR20080002243U - Micro-implanter for hair follicle - Google Patents

Abstract

[assignment]

In the process of grafting, it provides a planting machine that can suppress hair follicle damage or necrosis.

[Workaround]

A plunger having an upper end and a lower end, and a hollow carrier tube having an inner space as a storage space for accommodating the plunger, wherein the hair follicle is installed in a storage space of the carrier tube and at a position below the plunger. Insert the carrier tube into the slit formed on the scalp and press the plunger to move the hair follicle to access the scalp and to be planted in the slit.

Planter, graft, hair follicle, plunger, carrier tube

Description

Micro-implanter for hair follicle}

1 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of hair follicles having hair.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the hair transplanter of the present invention.

3 is an exploded view showing the hair transplanter of the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the hair transplanting device disclosed in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which hair follicles are installed in the hair transplanter of the present invention.

6a to 6d are explanatory views showing the steps of planting hair follicles into the scalp with the hair transplanting device of the present invention.

Figure 7 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a plurality of hair removal apparatus of the present invention is installed on the scalp.

[Description of the code]

10: Planter 11: Plunger

12: Top 13: Lower

14: stopper portion 15: peak portion

20: carrier tube 21: storage space

22: peak pipe 23: slope

24: slide groove 25: stop

30: hair follicles 31: scalp

32: slit

This design relates to a planter, and more particularly, to a planter used when transplanting hair follicles into the scalp under a microscope.

In recent decades, the technology has been making rapid progress. Currently, countries around the world are using a microscope to carry out hair follicles at the hair follicle level to treat male alopecia. In other words, one unit of hair follicles are planted per graft. In this case, hair follicles are obtained from the scalp of the patient's larynx using microscopic techniques. Each hair follicle contains 1 to 4 hairs (see FIG. 1). Each hair follicle is 1 to 2 mm in diameter, 6 to 7 mm deep, extremely fine and flexible.

In the current market, a variety of designing device is sold. However, these are all bulky and are not suitable for hair transplanting techniques performed at the microscope level. For this reason, the hair grafts of the grafts are still being planted using tweezers.

According to the current hair transplanting technique, the root of the hair follicle is pinched with tweezers and planted in a slit formed at the position where the hair of the scalp is to be transplanted. The slit is formed most of the needles 18 or 19 times. Therefore, the aperture of the slit is extremely fine. It is not easy to plant hair follicles in these fine slit slit. Slits are often filled in the middle of work, which makes it impossible to completely plant hair follicles. In this case, the hair follicles are compressed in the slit, causing damage or necrosis.

In addition, the hair follicles are necrotic easily when the hair follicles are strongly held by the tweezers. These are frequently seen problems in the process of hair transplanting techniques performed at the microscope level.

[Problem to Solve]

Therefore, the subject of the present invention is to provide a planting machine that can suppress the occurrence of damage or necrosis of hair follicles in the process of grafting.

[Means for solving the problem]

Therefore, the present inventors have focused on the problems seen in the prior art, and as a result of intensive research, the present invention includes a plunger having an upper end and a lower end, and a hollow carrier tube having an inner space as a storage space for storing the plunger. Lose,

The hair follicle is placed in the storage space of the carrier tube and below the plunger, and the carrier tube is inserted into a slit formed in the scalp, and when the plunger is pressed, the hair follicle moves to approach the scalp and is planted in the slit. With the knowledge that the above problem can be solved by the planting machine which was comprised so that it might be settled, based on this knowledge, this invention was completed.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.

The planting machine of Claim 1 consists of a plunger which has an upper end and a lower end, and a hollow carrier pipe which makes an inner space an accommodation space which accommodates the said plunger,

The hair follicle is placed in the storage space of the carrier tube and below the plunger, and the carrier tube is inserted into a slit formed in the scalp, and when the plunger is pressed, the hair follicle moves to approach the scalp and is planted in the slit. Configure to lose.

The seedling machine of Claim 2 is equipped with the peak pipe | tube which provided the inclined surface in the bottom end of the carrier tube of Claim 1.

The seedling machine of Claim 3 forms the slide groove from the bottom part of the peak tube in Claim 1 to the lower end part of the said carrier tube.

The planting machine of Claim 4 forms the stopper part which moves in the said slide groove in the lower end of the plunger of Claim 3, and is comprised so that the said carrier tube may control the depth which plant | flies a hair follicle in a slit.

The seedling machine of Claim 5 forms a peak part in the lower end of the stopper part in Claim 4.

[Best Mode for Implementing a Design]

The present invention is a planter that can suppress the occurrence of hair follicle damage or necrosis in the process of grafting,

It comprises a plunger having an upper end and a lower end, and a hollow carrier tube having an inner space as a storage space for storing the plunger,

The hair follicle is placed in the storage space of the carrier tube and below the plunger, and the carrier tube is inserted into a slit formed in the scalp, and when the plunger is pressed, the hair follicle moves to approach the scalp and is planted in the slit. Configure to lose.

In order to describe the structure and features of such a planting machine will be described below with reference to the drawings for a specific embodiment.

EXAMPLE

2 to 5 discloses a planting machine 10 according to the present invention. According to the drawing, the planting machine 10 is made of a non-toxic and flexible plastic material or stainless material, such as polypropylene (PP), for example, and includes a plunger 11 and a carrier tube 20.

The plunger 11 is formed in a cylindrical shape having a circular cross section and has an upper end 12 and a lower end 13. The bottom end 13 is formed with a stopper portion 14 protruding outward. The lower end of the stopper portion 14 is further extended downward to form the peak portion 15. As shown in FIG. 6B, the peak 15 may limit the depth at which the hair follicle 30 is planted in the slit 32 and also prevent the plunger 11 from slipping on the scalp 31.

The carrier tube 20 is a hollow tube and accommodates the plunger 11 in a sliding manner using the internal space as the storage space 21. In addition, the plunger 11 moves in the carrier tube 20 in a direction close to the scalp 31 and away from the scalp 31. The lower end of the carrier tube 20 is provided with a peak tube 22 having an inclined surface 23. By forming the inclined surface 23, the carrier tube 20 can be smoothly inserted into the slit 32 of the scalp 31 as disclosed in FIG. 6B.

Moreover, the slide groove 24 which extends from the bottom part of the peak pipe 22 to the lower end part of the carrier pipe 20 is formed, and let the upper end of the slide groove 24 be the stop part 25. FIG. The stopper portion 14 formed in the plunger 11 moves in the slide groove 24.

The initial state at the time of use of the planter 10 is in the position where the plunger 11 is returned as shown in FIG. 4, and the stopper portion 14 contacts the stop portion 25 of the slide groove 24.

When inserting the peak tube 22 of the carrier tube 20 into the slit 32, when the plunger 11 is pushed downward from the position (refer FIG. 4) which was returned (refer FIG. 6B), the peak part 15 The stopper part 14 which formed this is moved downward along the slide groove 24. As shown in FIG. In this case, the plunger 11 moves downward until the tip of the stopper portion 14 contacts the surface of the scalp 31, presses the hair follicle 30, approaches the scalp 31, and is planted in the slit 32. . The stopper portion 14 on which the peaks 15 are formed serves to limit the depth of planting the hair follicle 30 in the slit 32.

When the hair follicle 30 is installed in the carrier tube 20, the epidermis of the hair follicle 30 is held by tweezers and the storage space 21 is formed along the slide groove of the carrier tube 20 as shown in FIG. 5. It is installed in the lower position of the inner plunger 11.

6a to 6d, the step of planting the scalp 31 by the planter 10 of the present invention is disclosed. The first step forms the slit 32 in the position to implant the hair on the scalp 31 as disclosed in FIG. 6A.

In the second step, when the peak tube 22 of the carrier tube 20 is inserted into the slit 32 by applying a force to the carrier tube 20 as shown in FIG. 6B, the hair follicle 30 is transferred to the carrier tube 20. Move along and approach the slit 32. Furthermore, the plunger 11 is pressed in the direction of the scalp 31 until the peak 15 of the stopper portion 14 contacts the scalp 31.

In the third step, the carrier tube 20 is pulled out of the slit 32 as disclosed in FIG. 6C. In this case, the hair follicle 30 remains at the position where the hair is transplanted.

In a fourth step, the plunger 11 is separated from the scalp 31 as disclosed in FIG. 6 d. In this state, the hair follicles 30 are completely implanted in the slits 32.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the plurality of planters 10 having the hair follicles 30 installed therein are inserted in the slit 32 of the scalp 31 side by side in one or two rows, and the plurality of hair follicles 30 one by one. When planting in the slit 32, the planting speed can be increased.

The planter 10 of the present invention has various advantages of being small and light, and in addition, the planter 10 directly contacts the root of the hair follicle 30 in the process of planting the hair follicle 30 in the slit 32 of the scalp 31. Hair follicles 30 are not damaged because there is no work. Furthermore, in the process of repeating hair transplanting to plant hair follicles 30 in the slit 32 with the carrier tube 20, the hair follicle 30 may be damaged and necrotic.

The above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention and does not limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. Therefore, in the modification or change which is possible for a person skilled in the art, all under the idea of this invention and having an equivalent effect to this invention shall belong to the utility model registration claim of this invention.

The planter of the present invention can prevent damage to hair follicles during the planting process, and can safely plant the graft and at the same time reduce the time associated with planting.

Claims (5)

It comprises a plunger having an upper end and a lower end, and a hollow carrier tube having an inner space as a storage space for storing the plunger, The hair follicle is placed in the storage space of the carrier tube and below the plunger, and the carrier tube is inserted into a slit formed in the scalp, and when the plunger is pressed, the hair follicle moves to approach the scalp and is planted in the slit. Planter, characterized in that configured to lose. The planter of claim 1, wherein a bottom end of the carrier tube is provided with a peak tube having an inclined surface. The planting machine according to claim 1, wherein a slide groove is formed from a bottom of the peak tube to a lower end of the carrier tube. The planting machine according to claim 3, wherein a stopper portion is formed at a lower end of the plunger to move in the slide groove so that the carrier tube controls the depth of planting the hair follicles in the slit. The planting machine according to claim 4, wherein a peak is formed at a lower end of the stopper portion.

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