Enhanced septum implant having a central bridge section and three subsections

A rhinological implant (10;

• 20;
• 30) for straightening a nasal septum of a human nose, the implant being configured to be fastened on both sides of the septum of the human nose on a respective outer surface of the septum in a respective left and right side of the nasal cavity, the implant comprising:
• a central bridge section (11a;
• 21a;
• 31a) which is flat or curved upward from a horizontal plane at a spread angle ω>100°, or is bent upward from the horizontal plane in a barrel-shaped manner at a radius of curvature r≥0.5 mm, and which, in an implanted state, encompasses a free lower edge of the septum,
• two side sections (12a, 13a;
• 22a, 23a;
• 32a, 33a) disposed on both sides of the central bridge section (11a;
• 21a;
• 31a) and extending upwards in a folded manner and symmetrically to the central bridge section (11a;
• 21a;
• 31a) at an angle φ of in each case about 90° against the central bridge section (11a;
• 21a;
• 31a), and which, in the implanted state, fully abut against the two opposite outer surfaces of the septum,
• wherein the implant (10;
• 20;
• 30), before implantation, has been unfolded from an initially flat blank to a subsequent, implantable spatial shape,
• wherein the two side sections (12a, 13a;
• 22a, 23a;
• 32a, 33a) of the implant (10;
• 20;
• 30) each have a first subsection (12a′, 13a′;
• 22a′, 23a′;
• 32a′, 33a′) which connects directly to the central bridge section (11a;
• 21a;
• 31a) and extends substantially parallel thereto,
• wherein the two side sections (12a, 13a;
• 22a, 23a;
• 32a, 33a) each have a second subsection (12a″, 13a″;
• 22a″, 23a″;
• 32a″, 33a″) which connects to the respective first subsection (12a′, 13a′;
• 22a′, 23a′;
• 32a′, 33a′) at a first corner and extends at an obtuse angle relative thereto, and
• wherein the two side sections (12a, 13a, 22a, 23a, 32a, 33a) each have a third subsection (12a′″, 13a′″;
• 22a′″, 23a′″;
• 32a′″, 33a′″), wherein with respect to each one of the side sections (12a, 13a, 22a, 23a, 32a, 33a), the third subsection (12a′″, 13a′″;
• 22a′″, 23a′″;
• 32a′″, 33a′″) is connected at a second corner to an end of the first subsection (12a′, 13a′;
• 22a′, 23a′;
• 32a′, 33a′) opposite an end where the second subsection (12a″, 13a″;
• 22a″, 23a″;
• 32a″, 33a″) is connected to the first subsection (12a′, 13a′;
• 22a′, 23a′;
• 32a′, 33a′), the third subsection (12a′″, 13a′″;
• 22a′″, 23a′″;
• 32a′″, 33a′″) extending at an obtuse angle relative to the first subsection (12a′, 13a′;
• 22a′, 23a′;
• 32a′, 33a′).