rest of the groove 22 i e an interior passage thereof is preferably sized to permit the cable 34 and the enlarged first end 36 to slide therethrough in addition the groove 22 includes an enlarged distal opening 40 at the distal end 26 sized to permit the enlarged first end 36 to be inserted into the groove 22 the binding member 10 further comprises a locking element channel 42 extending at an angle from a proximal opening 44 to a distal opening 46 into the bore 28 as would be understood by those skilled in the art although the locking element channel 42 is described in conjunction with the disclosed embodiments as receiving a set screw any number of alternate locking elements may be employed to lock the cable 34 at a desired position in the bore 28 i e to maintain a desired tension thereon as will be described in more detail below for example the locking element may include an interference fit plug a tube that is crushed etc or any other suitable device as can be seen in fig4 a proximal part of the channel 42 may include a thread 48 sized to mate with the thread 52 of a corresponding part of a set screw 50 as shown in fig9.