Paragraph Number

135

The guide member 816 may include a passage 842 through the guide member 816 that aligns with the cross fixation insertion axis 420. The guide member 816 may also include one or more of a first sleeve 808a, a second sleeve 808b, and a third sleeve 808c. The first sleeve 808a may be coaxial with the cross fixation insertion axis 420 and have a cross sectional diameter less than a cross sectional diameter of the passage 842. The second sleeve 808b may be coaxial with the cross fixation insertion axis 420 and have a cross sectional diameter less than a cross sectional diameter of the first sleeve 808a. The third sleeve 808c may be coaxial with the cross fixation insertion axis 420 and have a cross sectional diameter less than a cross sectional diameter of the second sleeve 808b. In certain embodiments, the sleeves 808a,b,c may include external threads configured to engage with internal threads of a sleeve and/or the passage 842 that has a larger cross sectional diameter. In one embodiment, the first sleeve 808a fits axially within the passage 842 and either the second sleeve 808b or the third sleeve 808c fit axially within the first sleeve 808a. Alternatively, or in addition, the first sleeve 808a fits axially within the passage 842, the second sleeve 808b fits axially within the first sleeve 808a, and the third sleeve 808c fit axially within the second sleeve 808b.

Added by DJM 12 2021