Damage to the structure and shape of the cornea is a common cause of blindness. At present, the only treatment to restore vision involves replacing the cornea, or part of it, with corneal tissue ...

Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2013;53(4):1-10. Delayed presentation of corneal trauma or severe injuries may result in corneal perforation and loss of corneal tissue. These injuries are more difficult to ...

Corneas were stored in Eusol-C Corneal Storage Media (AL.CHI.MI.A.SRL, Padova, Italy). Tissue evaluation included serology for hepatitis B and C, as well as for HIV. All surgeries were performed ...

“We can capture the same area of the corneal tissue over time, and we take repeated images over a few minutes in between each image, and then can piece those together to form a time lapse video,” ...

Pantheon Vision is addressing the challenge of using donor tissue for corneal transplants. It is developing a 21st century keratoprosthesis based upon a novel elastomer material. Despite a ...