When you look at the animation or the actual surgery, here's what's happening. Our motorized FUE instrument with proprietary punch design (available to any doctor) is used to cut or "score" down about 75% the length of the graft. Then the instrument is removed and a fine forceps is used to grasp the partially freed graft and to pull it up gently. It can't be pulled out completely because the bottom part of the graft is still a fixed to the deep layer of skin. Instead of simply squeezing the graft harder and then pulling the graft free violently to break the remaining tissue, we simply insert a thin needle down and poke holes in the tissue while it is "tented". This way we use almost no extra traction force on the graft to break it free.
Imagine grabbing a plastic shopping bag and trying to rip it apart with your hands. It's pretty tough. But now try and do the same thing, but this time ask someone to poke a few holes in the bag while you have the bag under slight tension between your hands. The bag will instantly rip apart at the point where the perforations were made with FAR greater ease. That's the concept at work here.
The AdvancedFue Motorized Extraction Device has been proven effective in the “real world” of daily clinical use – not just on the drawing board.
