Mohan Bodduluri,Joseph A. Heanue,Kate L. Bechtel,Brian P. Wilfley
申请号：
US12477444
公开号：
US08545517B2
申请日:
2009.06.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Tools and methods are provided for dissecting and/or removing biological units, such as hair follicles, from the body surface based on the images both above and below a body surface to reduce potential damage to the removed biological unit. The invention may be used in fully automated systems and also in a hand-held devices and systems. A system may produce a series of three-dimensional images of the body surface indicating follicular unit size, shape, position, and orientation both above and below the skin surface. The images may be utilized by an automated follicular unit harvesting tool, or maybe stored for later use. Imaging techniques include devices that sense light in the visible or infrared spectrums, optical coherence tomography, and ultrahigh frequency ultrasound.
