A personal care appliance includes a housing, a drive assembly provided in the housing, and a workpiece member. The drive assembly includes a stator and an armature adjacent the stator, wherein the stator, when energized, is structured to cause the armature to oscillate back and forth. The personal care appliance further includes a mounting assembly having a pivot arm having a shaft member and first and second mounting members. The workpiece member is coupled to the first end portion of the shaft member such that oscillation of the armature causes the workpiece member to oscillate relative to the housing.

Methods of treating hair are described herein, including methods of treating a hair follicle, a hair component, and/or a sebaceous gland. The method comprises imaging a target using one or more imaging devices, positioning one or more needles in a treatment position with respect to the target, providing electrical, optical, or chemical treatment to the target using the one or more needles.

Apparatus for analyzing skin tissue. The apparatus comprises an applicator which comprises; one or more sources of illumination light symmetrically surrounding an optical axis of the one or more sources, and one or more sensors configured to obtain measured light along an optical axis of the sensors. The apparatus further comprises a programmable control unit configured to; receive an output of the information sensed of measured light by the sensors, analyze the measured light received from the sensors, provide a list of skin attributes to the display based on analysis of the information sensed of measured light received, and provide a suggested treatment light regimen to a display of the apparatus.

For to be used in obtaining natural results in hair transplantation, a multi-hair grooving device accommodating a goniometer and a direction meter, a counter, palm-use and includes a linear motor, a motor driver, a laser, an audible buzzer, a microprocessor, a digital screen, an accelerometer and goniometer, buttons, a battery reader, a power center, an ion battery and a micro-blades insertion apparatus.

Systems, instruments, and methods for minimally invasive procedures including one or more of fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, and/or fractional scar revision 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, and/or fractional scar revision. 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.

Exemplary embodiments of apparatus and method for obtaining one or more portions of biological tissue (“micrografts”) to form grafts are provided. For example, a hollow tube can be inserted into tissue at a donor site, and a pin provided within the tube can facilitate controlled removal of the micrograft from the tube. Micrografts can be harvested and directly implanted into an overlying biocompatible matrix through coordinated motion of the tube and pin. A needle can be provided around the tube to facilitate a direct implantation of a micrograft into a remote recipient site or matrix. The exemplary apparatus can include a plurality of such tubes and pins for simultaneous harvesting and/or implanting of a plurality of micrografts. The harvested micrografts can have a small dimension, e.g., less than about 1 mm, which can promote healing of the donor site and/or viability of the harvested tissue.

An automated hair restoration assembly includes a control unit and a cylinder that is gripped during a hair restoration surgical procedure. An actuator is positioned within the cylinder and a turret unit is rotatably coupled to the cylinder. A plurality of cartridges is provided and a selected one of the cartridges is loadable into the turret unit. Each of the cartridges contains a respective one of a plurality of incising blades, a plurality of hair grafts or an alternating sequence of a plurality of said incising blades. The actuator passes through the respective tube and engages one of the incising blades or one of the hair grafts. Thus, each the incising blades can make a respective incision and each of the hair grafts is inserted into the respective incision.

The invention relates to a device (14, 14′) for loading hair grafts into a Choi implanter-type implantation instrument, including an element comprising a first hole (18a) connected to a channel (17) that opens into a fluid-discharge chamber (21); a second hole (22) which can be connected to the fluid-discharge chamber (21) and define a path with the channel (17) such as to allow a needle (5) of an implantation instrument (1) to be introduced into the path through the second hole (22); and a connection means (23) for connecting the fluid-discharge chamber (21) to a vacuum source (27). The first hole (18a) is connected to a first tubing (20) used to deliver a graft (12) such that the graft (12) can be inserted into the needle (5) of the implantation instrument (1).

The present invention provides an artificial hair and a method for producing same. The method for producing an artificial hair according to the present invention comprises: a step of mixing polyamide 6 powder and a master batch at a predetermined weight ratio; a step of drawing an artificial hair from the mixture; a step of forming a loop part by knotting a distal end of the drawn artificial hair; a step of cutting the distal end of the artificial hair, leaving just 1-1.5 mm from the knotted part of the loop part; a step of trimming the artificial hair to a predetermined length after the cutting; and a step of bundling a plurality of the trimmed artificial hair.

Embodiments include devices and methods configured to fractionally resect skin and/or fat. Fractional resection is applied as a stand-alone procedure in anatomical areas that are off-limits to conventional plastic surgery due to the poor tradeoff between the visibility of the incisional scar and amount of enhancement obtained. Fractional resection is also applied as an adjunct to established plastic surgery procedures such as liposuction, and is employed to significantly reduce the length of incisions required for a particular application. The shortening of incisions has application in both the aesthetic and reconstructive realms of plastic surgery.