Patent ID: 8753354

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a main body comprising a first bore disposed between first and second ends of said main body; a nipple portion comprising a first end portion coupled to said first end of said main body and a tip portion, the nipple portion comprising a second bore disposed within said tip portion; a punch, having an interior surface, for extracting one or more hair follicles along said interior surface of said punch, said punch comprising a first punch end and a second punch end and having a substantially cylindrical shape slidably disposed within said second bore, and wherein said punch comprises a substantially uniform cylindrical cutting edge positioned substantially perpendicular to an axis extending between said first and second ends of said punch; an actuator in direct communication with said first end of said punch to displace said punch along an axis of said second bore, in response to adjustment of said actuator, to fix a distance by which said second punch end portion extends beyond said tip portion of said nipple portion; and a stabilizer disposed within said main body between said nipple portion and said actuator, wherein said punch extends through a bore of said stabilizer, said stabilizer having an outer surface, a substantially full length of said outer surface being in direct communication with an interior surface of said main body.