ADSON EXTRACTING FORCEPS NON-SERRATED

Smooth-Surface Graft Forceps for Uninterrupted Contact Plane Delivery at the Recipient Site Slit

Adson Extracting Forceps Non-Serrated is a tissue forceps and graft-handling forceps of the Adson pattern, manufactured by BusinessMed Instruments®, for use in Hair Transplant Surgery (FUE / FUT), Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, and Dermatology (Dermatologic Surgery).

Adson Extracting Forceps Non-Serrated grasps the follicular unit, a naturally occurring bundle of 1–4 terminal hairs with associated sebaceous glands, arrector pili muscle, and perifollicular connective tissue at the epidermal collar of the occipital donor scalp, and seats the follicular unit graft into the recipient site slit in alopecic scalp dermis across the FUE graft extraction phase, FUE graft implantation phase, and FUT graft implantation phase.

Smooth Platform Jaw Contact and Graft Release

Fine flat platform tips present an uninterrupted smooth contact surface across the full platform width. No serration ridges interrupt jaw closure, force distributes as a uniform plane of pressure against the follicular unit epidermal collar, eliminating the micro-indentation pattern that transverse or longitudinal serrations produce on graft tissue. This contact geometry is preferred in cases of very fine-caliber single-hair grafts or fragile epidermal collars where any jaw surface relief risks marking or deforming the tissue during the insertion stroke. Spring-action thumb forceps returns the jaws to the open position on release of digital pressure, completing the capture-and-release cycle for repetitive single-handed implantation.

Perifollicular Dermal Tissue Response and Graft Viability

The published acceptable clinical threshold for FUE is ≤5% graft transection rate. The hair follicle bulb, the dermal papilla, is the anatomical structure at injury risk when forceps grip depth or premature traction before punch release of subcutaneous follicular attachments produces a transected, non-viable graft. Fine flat platform tips reduce focal dermal pressure relative to toothed configurations. The smooth surface makes this variant appropriate for recipient-site insertion of pre-sorted single-hair units to the hairline zone, where visual assessment of graft surface integrity guides placement sequence and density distribution.

Clinical Uses and Applications

• Fine-caliber single-hair follicular units are captured at the occipital donor scalp epidermal collar during FUE extraction where smooth jaw surface is preferred over serrated tip configurations for fragile graft tissue.
• Follicular unit grafts are seated into recipient site slits in alopecic scalp dermis during the FUE graft implantation phase in anterior-to-posterior sequence.
• Strip-harvested follicular unit grafts are placed into recipient site slits during the FUT graft implantation phase — single-hair units to the hairline zone, multi-hair units to the mid-scalp and crown.
• Pre-sorted single-hair units are inserted into hairline zone recipient slits where graft surface integrity is visually assessed before placement; the smooth contact plane avoids surface marking of the epidermal collar.
• The follicular unit is delivered into the pre-made recipient site slit at correct angle and depth to prevent graft burial and popping of adjacent units.
• Follicular unit grafts are handled and sorted during the FUT strip harvesting preparation phase to maintain viability before implantation.
• Hair restoration procedures in Dermatologic Surgery use this forceps to place follicular unit grafts into recipient site slits at the alopecic scalp dermis.

Associated Instruments

• FUE punch (sharp, 0.8–1.2 mm) — used in follicular unit extraction procedures with Adson Extracting Forceps Non-Serrated
• Blunt dissecting punch — used in Harris three-step FUE technique with Adson Extracting Forceps Non-Serrated
• Jeweler’s forceps — used in follicular unit grafting recipient site placement procedures with Adson Extracting Forceps Non-Serrated
• Implanter pen (Choi implanter) — used in FUE implantation phase procedures in the same clinical context as Adson Extracting Forceps Non-Serrated
• Magnification headgear (2.5×) — used during graft preparation and sorting in FUE/FUT procedures with Adson Extracting Forceps Non-Serrated
• Needle or blade (recipient site preparation) — used in recipient site slit preparation in FUE and FUT procedures with Adson Extracting Forceps Non-Serrated