Tendon-receiving duct with longitudinal channels
OwnerFelix L. Sorkininventor
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Abstract
A tendon-receiving duct having a tubular body with an interior passageway and a plurality of corrugations extending radially outwardly of the tubular body. Each of the plurality of corrugations has an interior opening to the interior passageway. The tubular body has longitudinal channels formed on the tubular body so as to establish fluid communication between adjacent pairs of the corrugations. The tubular body is formed of a polymeric material. The channels are formed on the outer wall of the tubular body and open to the interior passageway of the tubular body and extend for the length of the tubular body.
Claims13
A tendon-receiving duct comprising:
- a tubular body having a first end and a second end, said tubular body having a plurality of corrugations extending radially outwardly therefrom, each of said plurality of corrugations being in spaced relationship to an adjacent corrugation, said tubular body having an interior passageway suitable for receiving a tendon therein, each of said plurality of corrugations opening to said interior passageway, said tubular body having a longitudinal channel extending linearly across all of said plurality of corrugations between said first end and said second end of said tubular body, said plurality of corrugations being connected in fluid communcation with said longitudinal channel, said tubular body having a wall formed between the adjacent pairs of corrugations, said longitudinal channel opening through said wall and to said interior passageway, said longitudinal channel extending outwardly of said wall by a distance equal to a distance that said plurality of corrugations extend outwardly of said wall.
A tendon-receiving duct assembly comprising:
- a tubular body having an interior passageway, said tubular body having a plurality of corrugations extending radially outwardly of said tubular body, each of said plurality of corrugations having an interior opening to said interior passageway, said tubular body having a channel formed on said tubular body so as to establish fluid communication between an adjacent pair of said plurality of corrugations, said tubular body being formed of a polymeric material;
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- a plurality of tendons extending through said interior passageway.
A tendon-receiving duct comprising:
- a tubular body having a first end and a second end, said tubular body having a plurality of corrugations extending radially outwardly therefrom, each of said plurality of corrugations being in spaced relation to an adjacent corrugation, said tubular body having an interior passageway, each of said plurality of corrugations opening to said interior passageway, said tubular body having a longitudinal channel having one end opening at said first end of said tubular body and an opposite end opening at said second end of said tubular body, said longitudinal channel being in fluid communication with said plurality of corrugations.
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