The Mantis Stereo Microscope is a unique microscope with optimum ergonomics and superior optics for hair restoration.

The Mantis Stereo Microscope from Vision Engineering is used for the inspection and dissection of hair follicles for hair transplantation, in clinics around the world.

Hair restoration techniques involve placing follicular units, whereby individual hair follicles or groups of two to three follicles are grafted to create a more natural appearance. These techniques offer aesthetic advantages to the patient, but create a significantly greater workload and skill requirement for the surgeon and technicians involved in the transplantation. Rather than simply move clumps of hair from the back to the front of the head, a donor strip containing over 1000 hair follicles is removed from the back of the head and then painstakingly dissected to produce individual follicular units. The typical hair follicle is only a few millimeters in size, and when surrounding a light or grey hair, identifying and cutting around the follicle using unaided eyesight or a standard magnifier is difficult and extremely tiring.

Mantis is an ergonomically optimized stereo viewing system which allows operators to clearly see a bright, well contrasted 3D image. The viewing head projects the image into the operator’s eyes, allowing for much greater freedom of head movement than is usually associated with standard microscopes, where two fixed eyepieces dictate where the technician puts their eyes and how they must hold their posture. Good hand to eye coordination is maintained because the working distance between the hands and the eyes is exactly the same as it would be without magnification.

The expanded image from Mantis is particularly important when long term, intensive use is necessary; such as with this procedure, because an operator will be able to work effectively for a longer period but experience less strain. In sectioning the donor strip into grafts, the medical technicians at the Wimpole Hair Restoration Clinic need to work as rapidly, yet carefully as possible. Additionally, once the follicles are harvested, they cannot be reused and every effort is made to utilize each follicle within the donor strip.

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