System ARTAS | Motorized Handheld Tools / Manually Handheld Tools |
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ARTAS Hair Studio® Technology | |
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Donor Area Analysis | |
![]() Targeted graft selection Uniformly harvested donor area |
![]() NONE. No automated safeguards to track previous dissection sites. Hair direction, angle, spacing and depth must be estimated visually by the operator. |
Harvesting Method | |
![]() Graft quality remains consistent throughout the procedure The thousandth graft is the same quality as the first, as human fatigue is not a factor The ARTAS Robotic System monitors and updates parameters of each follicular unit 60 times per second |
![]() All harvesting is performed by punching out hairs by hand one at a time. ![]() Using a manual handheld punch is extremely demanding, fatiguing and tiring. It is difficult and requires a high level of eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity Typically a clinician manually punches out thousands of grafts by hand Detailed analysis of graft characteristics is extremely difficult with the human eye |
User Interface | |
![]() Exceptional control of parameters such as spacing between harvests, graft dissection depth and hair angles to yield robust and viable grafts |
NONE. The handheld technique depends entirely on human eye-hand coordination. Risks include human error and a high degree of human fatigue. |
Punch Type | |
Patent Blunt Dissection Technique designed to produce minimal scarring and viable grafts. | Uses sharp punch result in a greater risk of damage and transection (cutting a healthy graft rendering it unusable). |
Suction / Vacuum | |
Utilizes suction and vacuum only during dissection process. The graft elevates above the scalp for ease of forceps extraction. | Utilizes continuous suction / vacuum to extract and transport the graft into a storage vial. This may cause the graft to dry out and cause desiccation** |
Digital Mapping | |
Digital Mapping Real-time 3D analysis that provides accurate mapping and calculations of critical hair follicle characteristics necessary for successful graft dissection. | NONE. Information is limited to what can be interpreted by a clinician wearing magnification glasses. |
Recipient Site Making | |
![]() Creates the ideal hair pattern for the optimal outcome Avoids damaging pre-existing, healthy hairs Delivers the ARTAS Hair Studio® treatment design to the robot for implementation under physician supervision |
![]() A handheld scalpel blade or modified razor blade is used to create hundreds to thousands of recipient sites Relies on the human eye and magnification glasses Difficult to avoid damaging pre-existing healthy hairs Using a blade is extremely demanding, fatiguing and tiring. It is difficult and requires a high level of eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity Repetitive manual tasks lose consistency and quality over time |
Are you willing to risk your outcome? |