Intralase Enabled Keratoplasty™ (IEK) Tissue Preparation Services — Custom Corneal Tissue™

SightLife is the largest provider of corneal tissue in the United States and has the ability to meet almost 100% of scheduled surgery needs of our surgeons, seven days a week. We have highly trained technicians that have performed hundreds of IEK tissue processing procedures.

Custom Corneal Tissue

SightLife and IntraLase have developed the methodology to precision cut corneas to deal with a variety of corneal injuries and diseases. The tissue will be custom prepared at SightLife's laboratories to meet the specific needs of patients.

Though all surgeries and all patients are unique, our research, testing, and validation indicate that IntraLase Enabled Keratoplasty with our Custom Corneal Tissue may promote these improved results over traditional cornea surgery:

• May provide faster return to vision after surgery for your patient. The specialized corneal graft shapes that we prepare to match your precise recipient shapes may require fewer sutures and enable faster healing.
• SightLife donor tissue preparation eliminates surgeon's risk of damaging donor tissue during preparation.
• May dramatically reduce post-surgical astigmatism. Precision fit donor buttons and less suture tension can allow smoother corneal surface.

Custom Corneal Tissue can be prepared in a variety of sizes and configurations based upon the requesting corneal surgeon's specifications. All tissue is processed to exacting standards set by SightLife and within regulations established by the FDA and the Eye Bank Association of America.

Custom Corneal Tissue Shapes
ZigZag shape angled edge provides smooth transition between host & donor	TopHat shape provides large endothelial surface transportation	Mushroom shape preserves more host endothelium

In addition to these tissue shapes, SightLife can cut the tissue to a custom shape. Surgeons will need to identify their Custom Corneal Tissue pre-set specification. Alignment marks for ease of suturing can be added to the tissue, these can be standard or customized.

SightLife performs a thorough post-cut slit-lamp and specular microscopy of the tissue, the results of which are provided to the surgeon.

For more information, please contact:

Christina Psalms, Director of Business Development
909-248-5847  |  christina.psalms@sightlife.org