ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,444, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SPIDER MEDICAL LTD. (Nahariya, Israel).

"Automated system and a method for performing hair restoration" was invented by Inas Saleh Said (Haifa, Israel), Ophir Regev Almog (Ramat Gan, Israel) and Avraham Saad (Nahariya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an automated system for performing hair restoration, which comprises automated harvest means, comprising a harvesting needle mechanism and a temporal storage means for harvested follicles; automated transplanting means, comprising a transplanting needle mechanism and a temporal storage means from which harvested folli...