Patent ID: 8951266
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A45D,A61B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a need to modify a parameter of operation of a system comprising a tool for use with an automated hair transplantation procedure, the method comprising: providing at least one historic snapshot of the body surface based on a real-time image, the at least one historic snapshot identifying a parameter associated with hair transplantation, wherein the identified parameter relates to at least one of the following: 1) whether a follicular unit was transected during hair transplantation, 2) a force which is applied to the tool, or 3) elevation of a follicular unit from the body surface during the hair transplantation; determining if a value of the identified parameter associated with hair transplantation is outside one or more acceptable or desirable limits; and modifying at least one parameter of operation of the tool if a value of the identified parameter associated with hair transplantation is outside one or more acceptable or desirable limits.