Patent ID: 7648521

Claim:
A system for installing a cross member between first and second anchor members within a patient's body using a wire member, the system comprising: first and second docking members configured to be removably coupled to the first and second anchor members substantially along respective first and second axes, each docking member having a first end with an opening, a second end, a body extending between the first and second ends, the body having an outer surface with an opening, and a bore extending from the opening on the first end to the opening on the outer surface; and a wire member, the wire member configured to extend into the opening in the first end of the first docking member, through the bore in the first docking member, out the opening in the outer surface of the first docking member, into the opening in the outer surface of the second docking member, through the bore of the second docking member, and out the opening in the first end of the second docking member; wherein the opening on the outer surface of the first docking member is configured to be aligned with the opening on the outer surface of the second docking member, the bore in the first docking member being configured to direct the wire member from the opening on the first end, through the body, and out the opening on the outer surface of the first docking member toward the opening on the outer surface of the second docking member, the first docking member and wire member configured for controlled direction of the wire member from the opening of the outer surface of the first docking member.