Delivery System and Method for Hair Transplant Implanters

Hair Transplant Delivery System Using Conveyors and Robotic Arms for Implanters

This technology is a hair transplant assistance system that automatically delivers follicle-loaded implanters to the surgeon via a robotic arm and conveyor belt, while also retrieving empty implanters. A camera captures and reads markers on the implanters to determine if the transplant is complete, with a control unit managing the entire transport process.

In conventional hair transplant procedures, the process of exchanging implanters between the loader and the surgeon is labor-intensive and inefficient. This leads to longer surgery times, which increases the patient's anesthesia duration and causes fatigue for the medical staff.

This technology provides an automated system consisting of an end-effector that grips and transports the implanter, a conveyor belt that rotates and moves the implanter, a multi-degree-of-freedom robotic arm that drives the conveyor belt, and a camera and control unit that determine transplant completion via implanter markers, thereby automating the implanter exchange process.

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Key Features:

• An implanter loaded with hair follicles for the patient and an end-effector to which the implanter is detachably coupled
• A conveyor belt connected to the end-effector that rotates and moves to deliver the implanter to the surgeon or loader
• A robotic arm that moves the conveyor belt with multiple degrees of freedom, and a camera that captures images of the implanter
• A control unit that determines whether the hair follicle transplant is complete based on the captured implanter images and controls the operation of the conveyor belt or robotic arm

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