Smart device for non-invasive skeletal adjustment

An implantable device and system that allows post-operative adjustment of the movement, positions, or both movement and positions of members of the skeletal system relative to each other, comprising:

• one or more extension-resisting members:
• wherein this extension-resisting member is implanted into the body of a mammal;
• wherein this extension-resisting member can be extended by application of force, but which offers resistance to such extension;
• wherein one or more post-operative changes in the extension-resisting member can be made in a non-invasive or minimally-invasive manner by a human operator, by automatic means, or by both human operator and automatic means, and wherein a change in the extension-resisting member is selected from the group consisting of a change in tension, a change in length, a change in width, and a change in torsion;
• wherein this extension-resisting member is configured to be connected, directly or indirectly, to two or more members of the skeletal system;
• and wherein one or more changes in the extension-resisting member can cause one or more movements of the members of the skeletal system relative to each;
• a compression-resisting member:
• wherein this compression-resisting member is implanted into the body of a mammal;
• wherein this compression-resisting member offers resistance to compression;
• and wherein this compression-resisting member is configured to be connected, directly or indirectly, to two or more members of the skeletal system;
• and
• an internal control unit;
• wherein this internal control unit includes an actuator;
• wherein this internal control unit is implanted into the body of a mammal;
• wherein this internal control unit enables post-operative changes in an extension-resisting member in a non-invasive or minimally-invasive manner;
• wherein these changes are selected from the group consisting of a change in tension, a change in length, a change in width, and a change in torsion;
• and wherein these changes can be adjusted and reversed in a non-invasive or minimally-invasive manner.

An implantable device and system that allows post-operative adjustment of the movement, positions, or both movement and positions of members of the skeletal system relative to each other, comprising:

• one or more extension-resisting members:
• wherein this extension-resisting member is implanted into the body of a mammal;
• wherein this extension-resisting member can be extended by application of force, but which offers resistance to such extension;
• wherein one or more post-operative changes in the extension-resisting member can be made in a non-invasive or minimally-invasive manner by a human operator, by automatic means, or by both human operator and automatic means, and wherein a change in the extension-resisting member is selected from the group consisting of a change in tension, a change in length, a change in width, and a change in torsion;
• wherein this extension-resisting member is configured to be connected, directly or indirectly, to two or more members of the skeletal system;
• and wherein one or more changes in the extension-resisting member can cause one or more movements of the members of the skeletal system relative to each;
• an internal control unit;
• wherein this internal control unit includes an actuator;
• wherein this internal control unit is implanted into the body of a mammal;
• wherein this internal control unit enables post-operative changes in an extension-resisting member in a non-invasive or minimally-invasive manner;
• wherein these changes are selected from the group consisting of a change in tension, a change in length, a change in width, and a change in torsion;
• and wherein these changes can be adjusted and reversed in a non-invasive or minimally-invasive manner;
• and
• a remote control unit;
• wherein this remote control unit is external to the body and can wirelessly control the internal control unit in a non-invasive or minimally-invasive manner.