Patent ID: 8241314

Claim:
A device for implanting a follicular unit within a body surface while suppressing expulsion of one or more of adjacent implanted follicular units, comprising: an implanting tool having a lumen sized to receive a follicular unit, a distal end of the tool having a tip for entering the body surface; and an anti-popping member operatively associated with the implanting tool, the anti-popping member extending radially outward substantially around circumference of the implanting tool a distance sufficient to contact an area on the body surface adjacent the implanting tool when the tip of the implanting tool enters the body surface and suppress expulsion of one or more adjacent implanted follicular units, at least a portion of the anti-popping member configured to conform to the body surface, wherein at least a part of the radially extending segment of the anti-popping member gradually curves towards its outer edge and the anti-popping member further comprises a flexure undercut configured to assist with conformance of the at least a portion of the anti-popping member to the body surface.