Our comprehensive cornea services continue to expand offering benefits to ease the transplant procedure and improve patient outcomes. From tissue evaluation to the most precise processing our expertly trained, certified eye bank technicians prepare tissue daily saving you time in the O.R. and providing you with consistent quality for all your transplant cases.
Our comprehensive cornea services include:
- Tissue for PKP, ALK/DALK, DSAEK, PDEK, and DMEK
- TransplantREADY ™ preloaded tissue for DMEK, PDEK, and DSAEK
- Sterile Tissue patch allografts for glaucoma and corneal applications
Precision Processing Down to the Micron
dmek
Dissected to 10-15 microns
pdek
Dissected to 20-30 microns
dsaek
Precision prepared to your specifications. Ultrathin 40-100 microns. Traditional 100+ microns
ALK/DALK
Custom thickness
pkp
Full thickness
Tell us what you need and we’ll help you get there.
Choose from predissected, prestained, premarked, prepunched, and preloaded.
Register your parameters for each type of procedure. Your online account will be set-up with this information and serve as a reference for your tissue requests. Some cases may require a unique set of specifications which can be included on the individual request.
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TransplantREADY™
Expanding line of preloaded services matching your technique and adjusting to case complexity
Preloaded DMEK, PDEK, or DSAEK tissue arrives transplant-ready and specifically prepared for your patient. Our certified eye bank technicians have been preloading tissue since 2012 and process tissue daily using validated processes in accordance to EBAA Medical Standards.
- Save time; reduce stress, risk, and cost
- Tissue is dissected, stained, marked, punched, and loaded
- Eliminate cost of equipment, instrumentation, supplies, delivery device, and preparation time
Clinical Development
Known for our innovation and development of new processing techniques and products to improve clinical outcomes.
- Preloaded DSAEK in the EndoGlide – 2012
- No-touch DMEK hydro-dissection technique – 2012
- Nano-cut DSAEK grafts 40-60 microns – 2014
- Preloaded DMEK Jones Tube – 2015
- Preloaded DMEK in a LEITR DMEK 2.0 – 2017
- Preloaded DMEK in EndoGlide – 2019
- Preloaded DSAEK in LEITR DSAEK 3.0 – 2020
- Precut PKP – 2021
The Premium Choice for Glaucoma and Corneal Applications
Sterilizing corneal and sclera tissue expands the usability of donated tissue to further honor our commitment to our donors and their families.
Glaucoma Applications
The use of sterile irradiated corneal and scleral patch grafts prevents the risk of tube exposure in glaucoma drainage device (GDD) procedures while also reducing the risk of infection and tissue rejection. OptiGraft sterile allografts have a long shelf life, can be stored at room temperature, and are ready to use, reducing waste due to tissue perishability and thus increasing the potential availability of high-quality tissue for implantation.
Corneal Applications
Sterile, acellular corneal tissue is becoming more widely used for corneal procedures and tissue irradiation has largely been the most successful sterilization technique. By implementing tissue sterilization into our line of services, sterile cornea can replace the use of live cell cornea in cases that do not require endothelial cells and reduce the imminent risk of rejection. The immunosuppressive effect of irradiation sterilization directly addresses the concern of graft failure due to recipient immune rejection1.
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1. Stevenson W, Cheng SF, Emami-Naeini P, et al. Gamma-irradiation reduces the allogenicity of donor corneas. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012;53(11):7151–7158. Published 2012 Oct 1. doi:10.1167/iovs.12-9609