Patent ID: 7950197

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an anchor body having a cavity formed in an interior thereof; a tendon extending into said cavity, said tendon having a polymeric sheathing extending at least partially thereover, said tendon having a sheathed portion and an unsheathed portion; a pair of wedges in frictional engagement with said unsheathed portion of said tendon in said cavity of said anchor body; and at least one wedge member engaged with said sheathed portion, the wedge member having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being of a constant thickness and having an end adjacent said pair of wedges, said second portion having a first end and a second end, said second portion being of a decreasing thickness from said first end to said second end, the wedge member having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said interior surface being in compressive contact with said tendon, said exterior surface being in frictional engagement with said polymeric sheathing of said sheathed portion, said exterior surface of the wedge member having a biting means for biting into an inner surface of said polymeric sheathing of said sheathed portion, said biting means being a plurality of teeth extending outwardly of said exterior surface, said cavity of said anchor body having a tapered portion so as to have wide end opening at one end of said anchor body and a narrow end interior of said anchor body, said cavity having a passageway extending from said narrow end so as to open at an opposite end of said anchor body, the wedge member positioned in said passageway, said pair of wedges extending along said tapered portion of said cavity.