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41 OUTPATIENT SURGERY TOTAL Spine surgeon Dr. Johnny Benjamin found guilty, faces possibility of life in prison By Mackenzie Garrity A jury found Vero Beach, Fla., spine surgeon Johnny Benjamin, MD, guilty of five counts of felony, the Sebas- tian Daily reports. Dr. Benjamin was charged with illegal drug distri- bution. Investigators also charged the surgeon with providing a painkiller laced with fentanyl that caused the death of a woman in 2016. Two Drug Enforcement Administration informants pled guilty to selling pre- scriptions and counterfeit painkillers for Dr. Benjamin. Both informants worked with the prosecution to convict Dr. Benjamin, admit- ting they helped build Dr. Benjamin's supply of illegal drugs. The jury reached a verdict after the week-long trial. Dr. Benjamin remained in federal custody until his July 6 sentencing hearing. He faces the possibility of life in prison. n Camber Spine receives FDA clearance for titanium ALIF device: 3 insights Written by Shayna Korol C amber Spine received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its ENZA-A Titanium Anterior Lum- bar Interbody Fusion system, a minimally invasive interbody fusion device for integrated fixation. Here are three things to know: 1. The interbody fusion device consists of a 3D printed titanium body with a roughened surface engineered to encourage bone growth onto the device's cranial and caudal surfaces. The upper and lower faces are designed with pores averaging 500 microns in diameter. 2. The device has multiple openings to allow a large volume of autogenous bone graft to be packed into the implant to further facilitate fusion. Like Camber Spine's original ENZA, this device features two sharpened anchor plates within the 3D-printed body which are deployed into the adjacent vertebrae to provide fixation. 3. The ENZA-A Titanium ALIF is indicated for use with autogenous bone graft in patients with degenerative disc disease at one or two contiguous levels from L2 to S1. It is intended to be used with additional FDA-cleared supplementary fixation systems. The implants may be implanted us- ing a laparoscopic or an open anterior approach. L I F E U P R I G H T T M Camber Spine ENZA -A T I T A N I U M A L I F ® 3D-printed titanium construct with deliberately designed inferior and superior surfaces - an optimal environment for arthrodesis to occur. Single in-line instrumentation allows for simple insertion, deployment, and locking of anchor plates, providing immediate stabilization. Multiple lumens allow for a large volume of autogenous bone graft material to be packed throughout the implant. A N E W K I N D O F A L I F W I T H S U R F A C E B Y D E S I G N ™ T E C H N O L O G Y I N T R O D U C I N G cambermedtech.com