Implanter - Pen Implanter

The idea behind the implanter device was simple: to combine the act of making an incision site in the recipient area and the implantation of an extracted graft into one act

The Pen Implanter is a pen-like device featuring a hollow needle attached to a tube and plunger apparatus.

During a hair procedure with the Pen Implanter, the hair restoration physician and/or technicians loads harvested follicular units into the implanter pen.

Using forceps, the graft is placed gently into the hollow needle (at the end of the implanter) and handed back to the physician.

The surgeon then inserts the needle at an appropriate angle in the scalp (making the incision site) and implants the graft by pressing down on the plunger.

Normally, anywhere from 2-6 Pen implanters are used concurrently during a procedure, and the device comes in a variety of needle sizes to fit single, double, and triple follicular unit grafts.

Advantage

* Adequate graft survival rates

* Decreased bleeding during recipient site creation

* Reduced trauma during graft handling

*Decreased time of surgery (with an experienced Pen Implanter team) due to the combination of graft site creation/implantation