In Part 2 of our series on Robotic FUE hair transplants at Bernstein Medical, hair restoration pioneer Dr. Robert M. Bernstein narrates as he demonstrates the ARTAS FUE Robot's recipient site creation capability. Watch part 3 (robotic graft harvesting) at the Bernstein Medical website: [ Ссылка ]
VIDEO SUMMARY:
Dr. Robert M. Bernstein and the team at Restoration Robotics, Inc., have used the Bernstein Medical – Center for Hair Restoration facility, in New York City, to demonstrate a test of the new recipient site creation capability of the ARTAS Robotic Hair Transplant System.
At the 2nd ARTAS User Group Meeting in February 2014, Dr. Bernstein introduced hardware and software technology by which the ARTAS Robotic System can create recipient sites in an FUE hair transplant. The addition of the recipient site creation capability to the robot, which until now was used solely to extract follicular units, brings the system closer to performing all critical aspects of a hair transplant procedure.
In using the updated ARTAS robot, the doctor takes photographs of the patient which are fed into the robot’s computer system. The ARTAS™ Hair Studio converts the photos into a 3-D model of the patient. This model can be manipulated and saved for use in the patient’s procedure. The physician then designs the recipient site incisions in order to create the most natural looking hair transplant. During the procedure, the robot uses its guidance technology to avoid existing hairs while creating up to 1,500 recipient sites per hour. The automation of recipient site creation improves a procedure that, with manual tools, can be physically demanding and prone to human error.
The final step of a robotic hair transplant will be the automated insertion of follicular units into recipient sites created by the ARTAS. This step is likely 2 or more years away from use in a hair restoration clinic.
Bernstein Medical -- Center for Hair Restoration
110 East 55th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10022
212-826-2400
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