AN IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICE ESPECIALLY USED IN COSMETIC SURGERY

摘要

The present invention provides an implantable medical device adapted for use in surgical operations, said device being implantable in a predetermined body portion to be treated; said predetermined body portion is characterized by a first extremity and by a second extremity, wherein said device comprises (a)at least one element having a body, a distal end, and a proximal end; said body being characterized by (i) at least one inactivated position; and, (ii) a plurality of activated positions; (b) at least one anchoring means coupled to said distal end of said element, adapted to anchor said distal end to said first extremity in said predetermined body portion; and, (c)at least one anchoring means coupled to said proximal end of said element, adapted to anchor said proximal end to said second extremity in said predetermined body portion; said element is at least partially reconfigurable from said activated position to said inactivated position and/or from said plurality of inactivated positions to said plurality of activated positions such that the distance between said first extremity and said second extremity is alterable.