Premium Choice for Glaucoma and Corneal Applications.
Lions World Vision Institute has streamlined the preparation and sterilization process to provide premium sterile allografts with an optimal safety profile at a competitive cost.
Sterile Tissue Options“I really can’t state it strongly enough, endothelial keratoplasty would not be as popular today if the eye banks did not start preparing DSAEK grafts for surgeons.”
— Kathryn A. Colby, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Ophthalmology NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
Our technicians process up to 75 corneas for EK procedures each week, 50% of which are preloaded.
Precision Processing Down to the Micron
dmek
10-15 microns
dsaek
Ultrathin 40-100 microns. Traditional 100+ microns with 4x less endothelial cell loss
ALK/DALK
Prepared to your specifications
pkp
Full thickness
Choose from predissected, prestained, premarked, and prepunched.
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.
NOW Available FDA Approved Cornea Preservative with Amphotericin B
Lions World Vision Institute is pleased to offer FDA approved Kerasave with Amphotericin B for use as a cornea preservative. Kerasave, made by Alchimia in Italy, is a corneal storage medium with an optional Amphotericin B tablet additive. The combined presence of an antifungal agent and antibiotic promotes the microbiological safety of the corneal tissue.
Please contact our team with any questions cornea@lwvi.org