Patent ID: 8062363

Claim:
An apparatus for repair of a severed tendon having a first tendon portion and a second tendon portion to be rejoined, comprising: an elongated member of a substantially tubular shape and having a first end and a second end, said elongated member having a first barbed portion adjacent said first end and a second barbed portion adjacent said second end, said first and second barbed portions defining openings in said tubular member, said first barbed portion having barbs directed in an opposite direction relative to barbs of said second barbed portion, said elongated member having a tubular body of interconnected struts, wherein said barbs have a base connected to said tubular body of interconnected struts; a first suture connected to said first end of said elongated member; a first needle connected to said first suture at a position spaced from said elongated member; a second suture connected to said second end of said elongated member; a second needle connected to said second suture at a position spaced from said elongated member.