Elastic device for extending living tissue and having large capacity for elongation

An implantable device for permanently stretching a selected area of skin tissue, said skin tissue having an underneath side formed of a galea, hypoderma and subcutaneous regions, said skin tissue having an outer surface, the device comprising:

• at least two respective hooking systems for securement to the skin tissue to be stretched, the hooking systems disposed in an opposing relationship to each other, each system comprising a generally geometrically configured hooking support and having a common elastic means interconnecting both of said hooking systems, said elastic means having a biased and an unbiased condition,
• wherein when said elastic means is in said biased condition, each of said hooking systems are positioned in a spaced relationship from each other such that said elastic means operably displaces said hooking supports towards the other so as to place said skin tissue to be stretched under a continuous tensile stretching force, and wherein when said elastic means is in said unbiased condition, said hooking supports are adjacent to each other, said hooking supports each having a side that faces the other, which said sides include a pair of laterally displaced guide means attached thereto for directing said elastic means substantially parallel to and along an extent of said one side, each of said guide means encircling said elastic means so as to prevent pull-out of said elastic means therefrom, said elastic means being exposed between each of said guide means, said hooking supports each having an other, opposing side to said one side, which said other side includes means for hooking said hooking systems to said galea and hypoderm regions of said skin tissue to be stretched.