USRE42438E1 - Hair transplantation method and apparatus - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for hair transplantation, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for hair transplantation which utilize a robot.
- Hair transplantation is presently a widely-performed procedure. Typically, it involves implanting many individual hair grafts.
- the individual grafts may be micrografts or minigrafts.
- a large number of grafts usually from 1000 to 2000 grafts, are implanted.
- Micrografts may contain one to two hair follicles and minigrafts may contain from three to five hair follicles Generally, the number of grafts done depends on the degree of baldness and density of hair desired for the transplantation.
- the transplantation technique generally requires removal of an elliptical-shaped flap of scalp from the occiput, or back of the patient's head.
- the tiny micro and/or minigrafts may be removed from the flap of the patient's scalp which has been removed.
- the incision made to remove the flap is stitched together, and normally leaves a well-concealed scar.
- the new grafts, which might be micro or mini-grafts are then inserted in very small slits, or openings, formed in the patient's scalp where it is desired to have the grafts implanted.
- the grafts are implanted approximately 1.5 mm from each other into the bald area of the patient's scalp to be treated.
- the slits, or small openings, formed in the patient's scalp to receive the grafts heal very well, normally without leaving any scars.
- the Megasession procedure generally takes a complete workday of from five to eight hours to complete, depending upon the number of grafts to be transplanted.
- one team of physicians and/or physicians assistants and/or nurses work together form the micro and/or minigrafts from the flap of removed scalp. They carefully trim the flap of scalp into the desired number of micro and/or minigrafts, each micro and/or minigraft containing at least one hair follicle.
- This step is generally referred to as the harvesting step and requires the use of very sharp, fine knives, or scalpels, and the use of magnification devices, such as magnifying loops, by the first surgical team.
- a second surgical team forms the slits, or openings in the patient's scalp which are to receive the hair grafts, and each hair graft, or plug, is individually placed within each incision, or opening, by the second surgical team.
- the angle of insertion and the distribution of the recipient sites generally reflects the experience and art of the individual surgeon performing the procedure.
- the disadvantages associated with the foregoing described Megasession hair transplantation technique are that it is a long, laborious, and tedious procedure, which may begin at 7:30 am and not be completed until 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, dependent upon the number of grafts, or plugs, to be transplanted and the efficiency of the teams. Furthermore, because of the labor intensiveness of the procedure, and the fact that all the individuals involved in the procedure are highly skilled and well trained and experienced, the procedure can be a very expensive procedure, the cost varying from $2000 to $12,000 dollars or more, dependent upon the number of hair grafts, or plugs, to be implanted.
- the present invention is directed to overcoming, or at least reducing the effects of, one or more of the problems set forth above.
- the hair transplantation apparatus of the present invention includes: a robot, including at least one robotic arm having a first end adapted to be disposed adjacent the patient's scalp; a hair follicle effector associated with the first end of the robotic arm, the robotic arm being adjustably maneuverable so that the hair follicle effector is capable of being selectably placed proximate the patient's scalp and operated to implant the at least one hair follicle into a portion of the patient's scalp; and the hair follicle effector being moved and operated to implant the at least one hair follicle into a portion of the patient's scalp.
- the hair follicle effector may be either a single hair follicle insertion device which includes a needle, or a multiple hair follicle insertion device which includes multiple needles.
- the apparatus may include a video system adapted to be associated with the patient's scalp and adapted to identify at least one location on the scalp where the at least one hair follicle is to be implanted.
- the video system may include a camera and a distance measuring device to measure the distance from the patient's scalp to the camera.
- a plug cutting device may be associated with the first end of the at least one robotic arm, the plug cutting device being adapted to remove a plug of the patient's scalp, the plug containing at least one hair follicle.
- the plug cutting device may be a single hair follicle insertion device which includes a needle.
- a plug trimming device may be associated with the first end of the at least one robotic arm, the plug trimming device being adapted to trim a portion of a flap, removed from the patient's scalp, into a plurality of plugs of the patient's scalp, each plug containing at least one hair follicle.
- An additional feature of the present invention includes a stereotactic frame, adapted to be releaseably secured to the patient's head, for restraining the patient's head with respect to a stereotactic robot.
- the foregoing advantages have also been achieved through the present method for transplanting hair by implanting at least one hair follicle into a portion of a patient's scalp, the patient's scalp having a plurality of existing hair follicles.
- This aspect of the present invention includes the steps of: providing a robot, the robot including at least one robotic arm, the at least one robotic arm having a first end; associating a hair follicle effector with the first end of the robotic arm, the robotic arm being adjustably maneuverable so that the hair follicle effector is capable of being selectably placed proximate the patient's scalp; loading the hair follicle effector with at least one existing hair follicle; disposing the first end of the robotic arm adjacent to the patient's scalp; moving the hair follicle effector toward the patient's scalp; and operating the hair follicle effector to implant the at least one existing hair follicle into a portion of the patient's scalp.
- Another feature of this aspect of the present invention may include the step of utilizing as the hair follicle effector either a single hair follicle insertion device which includes a needle, or a multiple hair follicle insertion device which includes multiple needles.
- a further feature of this aspect of the present invention may include, prior to implanting the at least one existing hair follicle, the steps of: providing a video system; associating the video system with the patient's scalp; scanning the patient's scalp with the video system to determine the locations of the existing hair follicles and the location of the patient's scalp in three dimensions.
- An additional feature of the present invention may include the steps of: utilizing a stereotactic video system which includes a camera and a distance measuring sensor; and measuring the distance from the patient's scalp to the camera while the patient's scalp is being scanned.
- Another feature of this aspect of the present invention prior to the implantation of the at least one existing hair follicle, may include the steps of: providing a plug trimming device; associating the plug trimming device with the first end of the at least one robotic arm; disposing a flap containing a plurality of existing hair follicles, previously removed from the patient's scalp, upon a support surface; and trimming the flap into a plurality of plugs of the patient's scalp, each plug containing at least one existing hair follicle.
- An additional feature of this aspect of the present invention may include the steps of releaseably securing a stereotactic frame to the patient's head and restraining the patient's head with respect to a stereotactic robot.
- the hair transplantation method and apparatus of the present invention when compared to previously proposed operating the hair follicle effector to implant the at least one existing hair follicle into a portion of the patient's scalp hair transplantation methods and apparatus, are believed to have the advantages of providing a shorter, less laborious, less tedious, more economical, and less labor intensive hair transplantation procedure.
- FIG. 1 is a rear view of a patient's head illustrating an elliptical-shaped piece of scalp having been removed from the occiput, or back of the patient's head;
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the flap of scalp removed from the patient's head of FIG. 1 , and illustrating its division into a plurality of micrografts and minigrafts;
- FIG. 3 is a rear view of a patient's head after the elliptical shaped incision has been sutured
- FIG. 4 is a side view of the patient's head of FIG. 1 with a plurality of hair follicles having been implanted in the patient's scalp;
- FIG. 5 is a side view of a hair follicle introducer
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a stereotactic robot, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, implanting a hair follicle into the scalp of the patient of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the patient of FIG. 1 with a stereotactic video system associated with the patient's scalp;
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a plug cutting device for use in the present invention.
- FIGS. 1-4 the prior art “Megasession” hair transplantation technique is illustrated.
- patient 100 has hair, or hair follicles, 101 , disposed upon the scalp 102 of patient 100 .
- a surgeon typically removes a elliptical-shaped flap 104 from the patient's scalp 102 , the flap 104 containing a plurality of existing hair follicles 101 .
- hair follicles 101 throughout this written description and the claims appended hereto, the use of the term “hair follicle” encompasses both the follicle and the hair shaft disposed within the follicle.
- a team of technicians typically cleans the flap 104 and divides flap 104 into a plurality of smaller pieces 105 , each piece 105 containing a plurality of hair follicles 101 .
- the team of technicians would then trim and divide the smaller pieces 105 into a plurality of grafts, or small plugs, 106 .
- the grafts, or small plugs, 106 are referred to as micrografts, 107 when they contain one to two hair follicles 101 and are referred to as “mini-grafts” 108 when they contain from three to five hair follicles 101 .
- the elliptical-shaped incision 110 ( FIG. 1 ) is sutured by the surgeon in a conventional manner leaving a very fine scar, or no scar, in the back of the head of patient 100 .
- the transplantation of a plurality of micrografts 107 , and minigrafts 108 is illustrated as having been transplanted upon the bald portion 103 of the scalp 102 of patient 100 .
- the spacing depicted between the various grafts, or small plugs, is greatly exaggerated, for ease of illustration.
- the grafts 107 , 108 are spaced approximately 1.5 mm. from each other.
- a surgical team performs the transplantation of the grafts 107 , 108 into the scalp 102 of patient 100 .
- each graft, or plug, 107 , 108 is inserted into the incision.
- the angle of insertion and the distribution and location of the incisions normally reflects the experience and art of the individual surgeon.
- the foregoing procedure is performed under a local anesthetic, and hemostasis, or the prevention and/or stopping of bleeding, is obtained by adding epinephrine to the local anesthetic, as well as by applying manual pressure following the transplantation, or insertion, of the grafts, or plugs, 107 , 108 into the scalp 102 .
- from 1000 to 2000 grafts 107 , 108 may be transplanted in one surgical session or Megasession.
- Hair follicle introducer 115 may be a single hair follicle insertion device 116 , such as that known as a Choi single hair insertion instrument, or similar instrument, as is known in the art. As will be hereinafter described in greater detail, the present invention may utilize the hair follicle hair introducer 115 of FIG. 5 .
- the single hair follicle insertion device 116 of FIG. 5 could also be used by the surgeon in the Megasession transplantation technique illustrated in FIGS. 1-4 .
- the single hair follicle insertion device 116 typically includes a needle 117 , as is known in the art, into which is loaded the hair follicle, as is known in the art.
- the hair transplantation apparatus 200 of the present invention for implanting at least one hair follicle 101 into a portion of a patient's scalp 102 is illustrated.
- the hair transplantation apparatus 200 generally includes: a stereotactic robot 201 , having at least one robotic arm 202 and a hair follicle introducer 115 .
- Stereotactic robot 201 may be a commercially available stereotactic robot, such as the NeuroMate Stereotactic Robot manufactured by Immi Medical Robots of Grenoble, France and sold in the United States by its subsidiary innovative Medical Machines International of Wellesley, Mass.
- Another commercially available stereotactic robot which may be utilized in the present invention is that designed by Tsubikawa.
- Stereotactic robot 201 is a computer-controlled, image-directed robotic assistant which includes robotic arm 202 which has a first end 203 adapted to be disposed adjacent the patient's scalp 102 .
- the robotic arm 202 may have a plurality of axes of rotation, associated therewith, robotic arm 202 having five axes of rotation, or rotatable joints 205 - 209 .
- robotic arm 202 includes two arms members 210 , 211 , rotatably journaled to each other about rotational axis 206 .
- the first end 203 of robotic arm 202 includes an instrument holder 212 which is rotatably mounted about axis of rotation 205 .
- the stereotactic robot 201 may include a PC compatible work station and image work station 215 , which may illustrate the location of the hair follicle introducer 115 with respect to the patient's scalp 102 on the screen 216 of the image work station 215 .
- the movements of robotic arm 202 and the operation of hair follicle introducer 115 may be controlled by any suitable computer software program.
- the head of the patient 100 must be fixed, or restrained.
- a conventional stereotactic frame, or a conventional head holder, such as one which makes three point contact with the patient's head, 220 , adapted to be releaseably secured to the patient's head, for restraining the patient's head with respect to the stereotactic robot 201 may be utilized.
- the stereotactic frame, or head holder, 220 is typically fixedly secured to the operating room table 221 , and as known in the art, the location and disposition of the stereotactic robot 201 with respect to the operating room table 221 and frame 220 , in three-dimensional space, may be readily determined.
- a plurality of fiducial marks may be disposed on the stereotactic frame 220 , as well as on the patient's head.
- the location of the patient's head with respect to the stereotactic frame, or head holder, 220 , as well as the orientation of the stereotactic robot 201 with respect to the stereotactic frame, or head holder, 220 may then be readily determined, as is known in the art.
- the patient's head could be releaseably secured directly to the operating room table 221 , without the use of a stereotactic frame. So long as there is a fixed, known relationship in three-dimensional space between stereotactic robot 201 and the patient's head, apparatus 200 of the present invention may be used.
- the hair follicle introducer 115 may be a single hair follicle insertion device 116 including a single needle 117 .
- the hair follicle introducer 115 may be modified to permit it to be operated by stereotactic robot 201 , such as by including a piston device, or other operating mechanism (not shown) to operate the plunger 118 ( FIG. 5 ) of hair follicle introducer 115 ,device, a plurality of hair follicles 101 could be simultaneously implanted into the patient's scalp 102 .
- the individual hair follicle insertion devices such as hair follicle introducer 115 , which are combined to form the multiple hair follicle insertion device, may be actuated sequentially by the stereotactic robot 201 , as desired. If single hair follicle insertion devices 116 are utilized, it would be necessary to reload the single hair follicle insertion device with a new hair follicle 101 after each use of the hair follicle introducer 115 , or alternatively, a loaded hair follicle introducer 115 could be associated, or loaded into the tool, or instrument, holder 212 at the first end 203 of the robotic arm 202 .
- a multiple hair follicle insertion device including multiple needles, loaded with a plurality of hair follicles, set up, or down, time associated with the use of stereotactic robot 201 is decreased.
- the apparatus 200 illustrated in FIG. 6 would be utilized in the present invention when it is desired to utilize stereotactic robot 201 to implant at least one hair follicle 101 into the patient's scalp 102 .
- stereotactic video system 300 for use in the present invention is illustrated.
- a portion of the stereotactic video system 300 is adapted to be associated with the patient's scalp 102 , or head, and is adapted to identify at least one location on the scalp 102 where the at least one hair follicle, or graft, 107 , 108 containing the at least one hair follicle 101 , is to be implanted.
- Stereotactic video system 300 preferably includes a video camera 301 and a distance measuring device 302 , for measuring the distance from the patient's scalp 102 to the camera 301 .
- the stereotactic video system 300 is used in connection with the stereotactic frame 220 which has been releaseably secured to the patient's head.
- the camera 301 is mounted for rotation about the patient's head via a stereotactic arm 303 having a length which can be varied and predetermined.
- the stereotactic video system may include suitable wiring 304 and circuitry contained within a housing 305 , which is in a signal transmitting relationship with a display device 306 .
- An example of a suitable stereotactic video system 300 for use in the present invention is that known as the Exoscope, as described in Chapter 23 of Advanced Neurosurgical Navigation published in 1999 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
- the Exoscope is used to view an intracerebral mass, or tumor, located within the patient's head, it can be modified as hereinafter described, to function with the present invention.
- the viewing equipment, or display device, 306 can include images of the patient's scalp as shown at 307 , and a graphic depiction of the distance to the patient's scalp 102 , as shown at 308 .
- Stereotactic video system 300 is used in the following manner.
- Camera 301 is moved in controlled arcs across the patient's scalp 102 to map the location of existing hair follicles 101 ( FIG. 1 ) on the patients' scalp 102 .
- the distance measuring device 302 may be an infrared measuring device 305 , or any other suitable device which permits the distance from the patient's scalp 102 to the camera 301 to be measured.
- the radius of the stereotactic arc being scanned by the movement of the stereotactic arm 303 and the distance from the video camera 301 to the patient's scalp 102 are known, it is possible to calculate the position in three-dimensional space of each point on the surface of the patient's scalp 102 in three-dimensional space, including the location and three-dimensional coordinates of each existing hair follicle 101 on the patient's scalp 102 with respect to the stereotactic frame 220 .
- a three-dimensional virtual image of the patient's scalp and the location of each hair follicle may be reconstructed in the computer (not shown) associated with stereotactic video system 300 and the stereotactic robot 201 ( FIG. 6 ).
- the image of the scalp and the hair follicles 101 may be viewed as shown at 309 .
- the contour of the patient's scalp 102 with respect to the stereotactic frame 220 in three-dimensional space is thus determined, as well as the location of existing hair follicles 101 .
- the three-dimensional virtual image of the patient's scalp 102 may then be utilized to plan at what locations upon scalp 102 , the various grafts, or plugs, 107 , 108 , will be implanted upon scalp 102 of the patient 100 by the stereotactic robot 201 .
- the scanning of the patient's scalp 102 and existing hair follicles 101 may also be performed so as to determine the angular disposition of each hair follicle 101 with respect to the patient's scalp 102 , including the vector the existing hair follicle 101 is oriented in relation to the patient's scalp 102 .
- This information could be utilized, as will be hereinafter described in greater detail, when the present invention is utilized to also remove, or harvest, existing hair follicles from the patient's scalp 102 , or from flap 104 .
- the hair follicle including the hair shaft disposed above the patient's scalp 102 , as well as that portion of the hair shaft and follicle disposed beneath the surface of the patient's scalp 102 .
- Plug cutting device 400 may be associated with the first end 203 of robotic arm 202 of stereotactic robot 201 , and is adapted to remove a plug, or graft, 107 , 108 , of the patient's scalp 102 , the plug, or graft, 107 , 108 containing at least one hair follicle 101 .
- Plug cutting device 400 may be received within the instrument holder 212 of stereotactic robot 201 .
- Plug cutting device 400 may include a plurality of cutting heads 401 associated with the housing 402 and the movement of which are powered by a motor 403 .
- plug cutting device 400 may be used to remove a plug, or graft, 107 , 108 directly from patient's scalp 102 .
- An example of such a plug cutting device 400 may be found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,476,864, issued Oct. 16, 1984, which patent is incorporated herein by reference.
- a single hair follicle insertion device 116 including a needle 117 , could be utilized as the plug cutting device.
- the stereotactic robot 201 may be provided with a plug trimming device, or fine scalpel (not shown), which could be mounted, or associated, with the first end 203 of robotic arm 202 of stereotactic robot 201 .
- a plug trimming device or fine scalpel (not shown)
- the flap 104 could be positioned upon a suitable support surface, or table, or similar device.
- the stereotactic video system 300 of FIG. 7 could be utilized to scan the flap 104 and determine the three-dimensional location of the hair follicles 101 disposed upon and within flap 104 in three-dimensional space with respect to a set of predetermined markers, such as fiducial markers, associated with the support surface.
- the plug trimming device, or scalpel, associated with stereotactic robot 201 could then be utilized to trim the flap 104 into a plurality of plugs, or graft, 107 , 108 , each graft containing at least one existing hair follicle 101 .
- the grafts would then later be inserted into a hair follicle introducer, such as hair follicle introducer 115 , for implantation into the patient's scalp 102 .
- the stereotactic robot 201 may be used only to implant at least one hair follicle 101 contained within a graft 107 , 108 into a portion of the patient's scalp 102 .
- the hair follicle introducer 115 as previously described, is loaded with the graft 107 , 108 and the hair follicle introducer 115 disposed at the first end 203 of the robotic arm 202 of stereotactic robot 201 is moved toward the patient's scalp 102 .
- the hair follicle introducer 115 is then operated to implant the at least one existing hair follicle 101 contained in the graft 107 , 108 into the patient's scalp 102 .
- the particular location where the hair follicle, or graft 107 , 108 is implanted within scalp 102 , and the control of stereotactic robot 201 is determined by the stereotactic video system 300 which has previously computed the three-dimensional virtual image of the patients's scalp and the location and three-dimensional spacing of the existing hair follicles 101 and the desired location of the hair follicles to be implanted in scalp 102 .
- the surgeon plans on the virtual three-dimensional image of the patient's scalp where each of the grafts 107 , 108 is to be implanted.
- Several methods of planning may be used individually or in combination.
- the graft insertion site on the patient's scalp, and the angle of each of the hair follicles 101 contained within grafts 107 , 108 may be manually plotted individually.
- the planning can be computerized either all, or in part. In either case, the new hair line, formed by the transplantation of the hair follicles, is determined by the surgeon.
- the computer (not shown) associated with stereotactic robot 201 and stereotactic video system 300 can distribute the grafts 107 , 108 , evenly throughout the bald portion 103 of the patient's scalp 102 , and can plot the individual implantation sites, or locations, according to selected degrees of randomness.
- the angle of insertion of each hair follicle 101 may be determined for each region of the bald portion 103 of the patient's scalp 102 , and/or the angle of insertion can be gradually adjusted from one region of the patient's scalp to another.
- the computer (not shown) can display the intended distribution of the existing and transplanted hair follicles as a three-dimensional rendering for final approval of the surgeon and the patient.
- the hair follicle introducer 115 may be used to simultaneously make the necessary slit, or short incision, into the patient's scalp 102 , by use of the needle 117 associated with the hair follicle introducer.
- a separate device such as a suitable scalpel, or laser, could be associated with the stereotactic robot 201 to make the necessary small opening, incision, or slit in the patient's scalp which is to receive the graft 107 , 108 .
- Hemostasis, or cessation of bleeding may be necessary, as in the prior Megasession procedure, and hemostasis may provided such as by injecting a vasoconstrictor along with the local anesthetic at the beginning of the procedure, and/or by applying local pressure for several seconds or minutes after the graft 107 , 108 is inserted in the patient's scalp.
- a pneumatic band (not shown) can be placed around the patient's scalp at the beginning of the procedure.
- single hair follicle insertion devices 115 or multiple hair follicle insertions devices could be utilized as previously described.
- apparatus 200 of the present invention in addition to performing the hair transplantation method previously described may also be used, if desired, to perform additional functions; however, whether or not the following described additional functions are also performed by apparatus 200 does not detract from the usefulness of apparatus 200 .
- the apparatus 200 of the present invention could also be utilized to trim the flap 104 of the patient's scalp which has been previously removed from the patient.
- a plug trimming device, or suitable scalpel can be associated with the first end 203 of the robotic arm 202 of the stereotactic robot 201 .
- the surgeon could mount the flap 104 containing the hair follicles 101 upon a suitable support surface.
- the plug trimming device, or scalpel could be operated and controlled by the stereotactic robot 201 to cut the grafts 107 , 108 from the flap 104 .
- each graft 107 , 108 would be cut along the longitudinal axis of the hair shaft of each hair follicle to minimize damage to the hair shaft and hair follicle.
- the stereotactic robot 201 may be programmed to operate the plug trimming device along the longitudinal axis of each hair follicle 101 .
- a single hair follicle insertion device such as device 116 of FIG.
- the apparatus 200 of the present invention may be utilized to also directly obtain the grafts 107 , 108 directly from the patient's scalp 102 without surgically removing flap 104 .
- a plug cutting device 400 FIG. 8
- plug cutting device 400 could be associated with stereotactic robot 201 and the plug cutting device 400 could directly remove the grafts 107 , 108 , from the patient's scalp 102 .
- plug cutting device 400 could be a single hair follicle insertion device 116 ( FIG. 5 ) which includes a needle 117 , which could be used to remove the grafts 107 , 108 , directly from the patient's scalp 102 .
- the patient's scalp is scanned robotically to identify the position of each hair follicle 101 and the plug cutting device 400 could be operated to select only every nth hair follicle 101 , rather than removing all the hair from a given location, which is comparable to the surgical removal of a flap 104 .
- the bald portion of the patient's scalp 102 , or recipient space, 103 can be divided into any number of individual areas, each of which can be programmed individually.
- the recipient space, or bald area, 103 can overlap areas of existing hair in order to insert hair follicles 101 to increase the density of hair in those areas.
- the density of the transplanted hair follicles can be calculated, depending upon the number of hair follicles to be implanted.
- the spacing between hair follicles can be done either manually, or the computer can generate a random distribution.
- the angle of insertion may be determined for each area individually, or the computer can generate a plan to vary the angle of insertion progressively from one side of an area to the other. If some of the hair follicles to be transplanted are finer than the other hair follicles, they can be individually identified and reserved for insertion at the hair line. A three-dimensional rendered image simulating the post-operative appearance of the patient's scalp can be presented prior to hair follicle insertion for approval of the surgeon and possibly the patient.
- instrument holder 112 illustrated in FIG. 6 is shown to only hold a single tool, or instrument, such as hair follicle introducer 115 , it should be noted that a rotating head (not shown) may be utilized in connection with robotic arm 202 to hold all the desired tools, or instruments such as scalpel, plug cutting devices, plug trimming devices, and hair follicle insertion devices, the rotating head being sequentially moved, or rotated, to permit the desired tool, or instrument to be mounted at the first end 203 of robotic arm 202 .
- a rotating head may be utilized in connection with robotic arm 202 to hold all the desired tools, or instruments such as scalpel, plug cutting devices, plug trimming devices, and hair follicle insertion devices, the rotating head being sequentially moved, or rotated, to permit the desired tool, or instrument to be mounted at the first end 203 of robotic arm 202 .
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