Sterile cosmetic suture and scalp implant for attaching hair pieces

Claim 1

A needle, suture and scalp implant assembly comprising a needle adapted to penetrate the scalp generally tangentially of the skull for forming entrance and exit scalp openings, a trailing flexible tubular tissue-compatible suture connected with the needle, a tubular scalp implant bushing engaged telescopically and frictionally in the bore of said suture, said implant bushing having a metal tube body and an exterior sheath of soft compliant tissue-compatible silicone rubber covering the entire exterior surface of the metal tube body and fixed thereon, and elongated control element of greater length than the implant bushing extending movably through the bore of the metal tube body of the implant bushing and trailing from the implant bushing and suture, an enlarged head at each end of said elongated control element, the heads of said control element being larger than the bore of the metal tube body and incapable of passing through said bore, whereby after positioning of the implant bushing in the scalp the control element may be held to prevent axial displacement of the implant bushing while the tubular suture is pulled from the silicone rubber covering of the implant bushing.