I am the doctor who pioneered FUE between 1996-2002, publishing the first journal article on the subject in 2002 as a result of 6 years of experimental work with many cooperative patients. I am the original inventor of he hair transplant robot holding two US Patents on it. I licensed the robot technology to Restoration […]
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I had an ARTAS FUE transplant one year ago and roughly 15% of the transplanted hair has grown in. To say it is a massively expensive disappointment is an understatement. I’m planning on asking the company/surgeon for at least a partial refund, but I’m curious – does anyone know how a transplant could fail to […]
As you may know, Dr. Pak and I are the patent holder inventor of two core technologies of the hair transplant robot, inventing it in 1998 and getting patents issued on them in 2006. We also hold a patent on the implanter used by Neograft so i am very familiar with this technology, originally invented by […]
Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) is a basically a harvesting technique in hair transplant surgery. FUE is a way for doctors to “take out” your donor hair. The other method is oftern called a “strip” method or Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT). The strip method harvests the hair follicles by taking a small linear cut of your […]
Dr. Pak was an engineer working with me (Dr. Rassman) in the mid 1990s before he went off to medical school to be a doctor . We worked to invent a system or robot which would use cameras and special optical sighting system to target a hair follicle to automatically take out a follicle using the FUE technique. This […]
Think of the ARTAS as using an electric wrench held by a robot to tighten a loose nut. The Neograft is like using an electric wrench held by a human to tighten a loose nut. A human (doctor) can just as easily tighten the loose nut with a hand held socket wrench. The results are same. It is just […]
ARTAS is a robot that harvest the graft using computerized sighting and automation. No surgical skill is needed for this. Any doctor with a degree can buy the ARTAS and start harvesting grafts. Transplanting them and having results is another story. Neograft is an instrument a human (doctor) uses to take out the graft using […]
There is little doubt that the ARTAS robotic System is less stressful for the surgeon than than the manual Folliclar Unit Extraction (FUE). Some of our patients are driven by the technology as we have seen some of them ask for the ARTAS robotic system. We offer both the manual and the ARTAS FUE for […]
There have been patients who have had SMP first then subsequently had FUE with the ARTAS with no issue.
The New Hair Institute has added the Artas® Hair Restoration Robot to its practice offerings (pictured above). Now, in addition to the strip surgeries for traditional Follicular Unit Transplantation, our Follicular Unit Extraction Surgeries (FUE) will include: (1) The Artas® Hair Restoration Robot, (2) the Manual FUE performed by Dr. Pak (we joke by calling […]
Some doctors have big egos. Some claim to have a better mousetrap. I can not and will not comment on another doctor’s claims. There are now robots doing FUE with good success and low transection rates that are evaluated by independent third parties and trusted researchers. There are no independent judges or observer who can […]
Yours is actually the second email I’ve received from someone asking about tinnitus following a procedure done with the ARTAS. I did probe another doctor who has the ARTAS, however, he did not report this side effect on his patients. I do not have this system in my office, so I don’t have personal patients […]
The folks at Restoration Robotics know about my patents for placement of grafts. I am not privileged to know what they have planned for future versions of their ARTAS system, but I am sure that they will eventually automate the placement of grafts. I don’t know how far along, if at all, they are with […]
Snippet from the press release — Source — Restoration Robotics’ Revolutionary ARTAS System Receives CE Mark to Treat Hair Loss
The follicular unit extraction (FUE) technique is a simple and elegant technique conceptually, but it is highly variable or difficult in practice. Since I published my FUE article in 2002, hundreds of doctors have adapted their own automation and instrumentation. I encourage this, as one superior technique or machine may emerge. But as of 2011 […]