New from Lions Eye Institute

Optigraft | Sterile Ophthalmic Allografts

The Premium Choice for Glaucoma and Corneal Applications.

Optimal Convenience, Cosmesis, Durability, and Savings

Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research’s (LEITR) OptiGraft tissue bank service has streamlined the preparation and sterilization process to provide sterile tissue services with the optimal safety profile at a competitive cost. OptiGraft services utilize proprietary processing techniques and allow premium sterile allografts to be stored for up to two years for use on-demand.

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Optimal Convenience

Benefits of OptiGraft Sterile Tissue Bank Services Include:

  • Precut sizes and thickness (full and split)
  • Ready-to-use tissue without re-hydration or rinsing
  • Improved packaging designed for ease of use
  • Up to two-year shelf life at room temperature for scheduled or emergency cases

Optimal Cosmesis

  • Clear cornea expands placement options (FOV, inferior, visible)
  • Facilitates glaucoma tube management and allows for suture lysis

Optimal Tissue Integrity

  • Proven tissue integrity and durability

Optimal Safety Profile

  • Terminally sterilized to a sterility assurance level of 10-6

Optimal Savings

  • Significant cost savings from efficient operational design

The OptiGraft tissue bank services use proprietary tissue processing techniques that support a wide variety of surgical applications.

Sterile Patch Grafts for Glaucoma

  • Tube shunt and valve coverage
  • Trabeculectomy support
  • Structural integrity restoration
  • Bleb, scleral buckle repair, and corneoscleral fistula repair

White Paper: Sterile Irradiated Tissue: A Practical Solution for Glaucoma Treatment

Surgical Videos

Sterile Cornea for Corneal Surgery

  • Corneal Perforation
  • Corneoscleral laceration repair
  • Trauma and/or Emergency
  • Boston keratoprosthesis (KPro)
  • Tectonic anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK/DALK)

White Paper: Irradiated Corneal Tissue: Benefits for Your Patients and Your Practice

Surgical Videos (coming soon)

Tissue Specs

Tissue Specs - Specifications available with OptiGraft processing techniques

OptiGraft Spec Sheet

Optimal Shape and Size

Tissue Type Shape Size & Thickness Tissue Code*
Sterile Cornea Whole moon, full thickness with scleral rim V0103/V0106
Sterile Cornea Whole moon, split thickness (9mm) V0131/V0139
Sterile Cornea Half-moon split thickness (9mm X 4.5mm) V0129/V0137
Sterile Sclera 10mm sclera disk V0146/V0154
Sterile Sclera Anatomical Quarter sclera V0151/V0158
Sterile Sclera Anatomical Third sclera V0150/V0157

*Each pair of tissue codes are interchangeable and will provide the same type of graft. List both codes when ordering.

Surgical Videos

  • Small incision ClearPath 250 with OptiGraft cornea patch graft
  • OptiGraft half-moon, split thickness sterile corneal graft

Contact Us

Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research

1410 N 21st Street, Tampa, FL 33605

contact@lionseyeinstitute.org

813.289.1200