Systems, instruments, and methods for minimally invasive procedures including one or more of fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar revision, and/or fractional tattoo removal are described. Embodiments include instrumentation comprising a scalpet assembly coupled to a carrier, and the scalpet assembly includes a scalpet array. The scalpet array includes one or more scalpets configured for fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar revision, and/or fractional tattoo removal. The system includes a vacuum component coupled to the scalpet assembly and configured to evacuate tissue from the a site. The carrier is configured to control application of a rotational force and/or a vacuum force to the scalpet assembly.

A follicular unit harvesting process receives images for analysis and identifies and highlights clusters of hair. The analysis includes pixel type determination, pixel clustering, cluster classification and cluster highlighting or replacement. The analysis of the pixels is performed concurrently, and the results of the analysis are optionally used for automated treatment planning.

Systems and methods are provided for performing a hair transplant using a hair transplant device. The hair transplant device comprises an extraction unit including a coring needle configured to extract at least one hair follicle from a donor site, an implanting unit removably coupled to the extraction unit, the implanting unit including a splitting needle configured to create an opening in a recipient site, a housing coupled to the extraction unit, and a user interface extending from the housing and moveable relative to the housing. The user interface includes a pin movable within the coring needle relative to the housing.

A system for providing images of a human scalp and associated information for assisting in hair transplant planning, the system includes a support and at least one camera selectively connectable to the support, the camera and/or the support being configured for acquiring at least one, preferably a plurality of scale calibrated overview images of the human scalp of a patient's head, preferably from different predefined angles, optical acquisition means, preferably a video-dermatoscope, being configured for acquiring a plurality of microscopic images within different regions of the scalp, a processing unit configured to process and/or analyse image data provided by the camera means and the optical acquisition means, in particular for measuring areas of the human scalp, identify and measure hair in microscopic images and/or quantitatively plan a hair transplant operation, wherein the processing unit comprises a user interface configured for interacting with a user.

Device and method for implantation of hair grafts into the scalp of a patient. In the device, a cross-sectional shape of a rod riding in an implantation needle is configured with respect to the needle to communicate a vacuum in a chamber anterior to the needle forward to an interior of the needle, thereby facilitating loading of the hair graft into the device by direct-to-needle aspiration of the hair graft.

The present disclosure relates to a hair transplanter mounting module which is mounted on a robot arm configured with a plurality of arms and a plurality of joints, and an automatic hair transplant device having the same, and in an embodiment, the hair transplanter mounting module includes: a bracket which is coupled to the robot arm; a first sliding block which is installed on the bracket and is slidable in a vertical direction with respect to the bracket; and a second sliding block which is installed on the bracket and is disposed at one side of the first sliding block in parallel, and is slidable in the vertical direction with respect to the bracket, and a multi-channel hair transplanter module is removably mounted on the first sliding block.

This invention relates to a novel personal care product which having a treatment unit which includes a treatment sheet and a support structure. The treatment sheet includes apertures with cutting edges while the support structure, joined to the treatment sheet, is formed of a support material, a support sheet or a support ring, or any combination thereof. The support structure assists in reducing damage to the treatment sheet and in preventing injury to the consumer (e.g., if the personal care product is dropped).

A soluble needle (100) for hair transplantation, wherein the soluble needle (100) comprises a fixing plate (30) and a plurality of micro-needles (20) made of water-soluble polymers arranged on the fixing plate (30), wherein each of said micro-needle (20) comprises a needle wall (21) to penetrate scalps and a needle cavity (22) confined by the needle wall (21) and configured for accommodating a hair follicle. A method of manufacturing a soluble needle (100) for hair transplantation, wherein the method includes: dissolving water-soluble polymers in water to prepare a molding solution (S101); delivering the molding solution into a mold (S102); letting the molding solution settle in the mold to shape (S103); and separating and removing the mold to produce the soluble needle (S104). The soluble needle (100) effectively shortens the time of surgery, reduces the pain of the patients, and increases the viability rate of transplanted hair follicles.

A hair implant suitable for subcutaneous implantation is provided having an anchor comprising an anchor body, and at least one collagen receiving structure selected from the group consisting of at least one tunnel disposed through the anchor body and an external surface feature of the anchor body. The anchor further comprises at least one hair strand projecting from a distal end of the anchor body, wherein the at least one collagen receiving structure is configured to support collagen ligature growth after subcutaneous implantation of the hair implant so as to anchor the anchor to a hair implant recipient, and the collagen receiving structure is free of hair.

Disclosed herein are apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods for treating skin, such as skin tightening or for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions that would benefit from tissue area or volume reduction, skin restoration, skin tightening, skin lifting, and/or skin repositioning and/or for generally improving skin function or appearance (e.g., the removal of unwanted skin features or irregularities such as sebaceous glands, sweat glands, hair follicles, necrosis, and fibrosis). Such apparatuses, systems, kits, and methods comprise an apparatus having a handheld main body and a detachably attachable tip comprising one or more needles.