Zimmer Spine, Inc.

Ashwini D Sharan

Hyun W Bae

Gene P DiPoto

John Peter Unger

Jeffrey Chun Wang

Alan S Hilibrand

Robert F Heary

A method for providing treatment at or near a cervical region of the spine of a patient is provided. An incision is formed in the skin of a patient above the cervical region. An elongate body is inserted into the patient through the incision, the elongate body having a distal portion, a proximal portion, an outer surface, and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a passage extending through the elongate body. The elongate body is advanced until a distal end thereof resides at or near the cervical region of the spine. The size of the passage in the distal portion is increased relative to the size of the proximal portion.

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Mount Laurel, NJ, United States of America

Ashwini D Sharan