Patents by Inventor Brian E Tippett

Brian E Tippett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tools and methods for harvesting follicular units
    Patent number: 8444656
    Abstract: Tools and methods are provided for removing biological units from a body surface utilizing a removal tool. The tool is of a concentric tube configuration comprising first and second elongated bodies, in which the second elongated body can be retracted into the first elongated body. The tool may incorporate retention members and mechanisms configured to impede movement of the biological unit in the direction of a distal end of the tool and to improve retention of the biological unit in the tool. Distal fluid or gas delivery may supplement a vacuum in a luminal space to help extract biological units from surrounding tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Restoration Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian E Tippett
  • Tools and methods for harvesting follicular units
    Patent number: 8128639
    Abstract: Tools and methods are provided for removing biological units from a body surface utilizing a removal tool. The tool is of a concentric tube configuration comprising first and second elongated bodies, in which the second elongated body can be retracted into the first elongated body. The tool may incorporate retention members and mechanisms configured to impede movement of the biological unit in the direction of a distal end of the tool and to improve retention of the biological unit in the tool. Distal fluid or gas delivery may supplement a vacuum in a luminal space to help extract biological units from surrounding tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Restoration Robotics, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian E Tippett