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Abstract

A roof-shaped implant for spreading the nasal wings, which implant is attachable to the triangular cartilage of the human nose and is made from an initially flat strip that has been bent to a roof shape, has a dorsal section of the implant above the dorsum of the nose is flat or curved so as to be only slightly angled towards the plateau region of the triangular cartilage at an angle of spread of .omega.>160 .degree., or curved around the plateau region of the triangular cartilage in a barrel shape at a radius of curvature of r>4 cm, preferably r>10 cm, and two lateral sections extend so as to be parallel in relation to the respective nasal wing at an angle .phi. of more than 50.degree. towards the flat dorsal section so as to be canted downwards. In this way without incurring major production expenditure it is possible to achieve a particularly good geometric match of the implant to the shape of the human triangular cartilage. In particular, after the operation no hollow spaces arise between the implant and the triangular cartilage.

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