Patent ID: 6889714
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: E04C

Abstract:
1. A tendon receiving duct comprising: a tubular body having a longitudinal axis, 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 suitable for receiving a single tendon therein, each of said plurality of corrugations opening to said interior passageway, said tubular body having at least a first longitudinal channel extending between adjacent pairs of said plurality of corrugations on one side of said tubular body and a second longitudinal channel extending between adjacent pairs of said plurality of corrugations on an opposite side of said tubular body, each of said first and second longitudinal channels extending outwardly of said tubular body by a distance less than a distance that said plurality of corrugations extends outwardly of said tubular body, said first longitudinal channel and said second longitudinal channels extending for an entire length of said tubular body, each of first and second longitudinal channels in fluid communication with said interior passageway.