tendon particularly a hand flexor tendon having a flat band body with opposite ends of the body designed to anchor connecting sutures the device also finds applicability in the repair of lacerated or severed ligaments also disclosed is a method of repairing a severed tendon by implanting a flat band device suturing together the device and the tendon to effect an anastomosis along approximated ends of the severed tendon further disclosed is a method of repairing a lacerated or severed ligament application_number US 61477690 A description the description herein presented refers to the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views and in which referring to fig1 there is illustrated a repair device 10 of the present invention the device has an elongated body portion 12 of flat band structural configuration preferably a triaxial braid with the braid schematically designated as 11 and at a first end 14 and at a second end 16 a suture 18 having needles 20 and 22 at opposite ends is connected or anchored to the body ends by a locking stitches 24 and 26 it should be understood that many types of knots or locking stitches such as a double throw suture locking stitch would be suitable to anchor the suture to the body portion locking the suture to the body could be accomplished at any.