About CorneaGen
CorneaGen advances ocular care through meaningful innovations that transform lives while honoring every donor gift. We partner with industry leaders to develop new technologies, products, and approaches in ophthalmology, expanding what’s possible for surgeons and patients.
Through trusted tissue stewardship, specialized surgeon education and support, a comprehensive portfolio of medical devices, advocacy for patient access and reimbursement, and strong partnerships across the field, CorneaGen is helping create a world made brighter through the generous gift of sight.
Trusted Tissue Stewardship
We are deeply committed to trusted tissue stewardship.
We believe every donor gift is a profound act of generosity that deserves the highest level of respect and care.
By honoring the wishes of donors and their families, we ensure every donation is handled with integrity, transparency, and accountability throughout the recovery, processing, and distribution process.
We are dedicated to amplifying the impact of each gift, helping to restore sight and improve lives while upholding the trust placed in us by donors, families, healthcare partners, and the communities we serve.
Exceptional Service
We take pride in providing exceptional service to surgeons, healthcare organizations, donor families, and partners.
Restoring sight is about more than delivering tissue; it is about honoring the gift of donation by supporting donor families with compassion, partnering with healthcare organizations to ensure timely eye tissue recovery, and equipping surgeons with the expertise, resources, and confidence they need to achieve the best possible outcomes for their patients.
Through meaningful donor family engagement, seamless recovery coordination, hands˗on surgeon training and education, responsive customer support, and reimbursement guidance that simplifies access to care, we are committed to being a trusted partner at every step of the sight-restoration journey.
Advancing the Future of Eye Care
We maintain a long-standing commitment to innovation and medical advancement.
We continuously seek opportunities to improve eye care through the development of new techniques, technologies, and products that advance sight-restoring treatments and create new opportunities in ophthalmology.
By collaborating with physicians, industry partners, and researchers we help drive progress that benefits patients today while shaping the future of vision care. Our dedication to innovation ensures that we remain at the forefront of advancements that can transform lives.
Our Labs
Our state-of-the-art laboratories provide the most innovative and advanced tissue processing methods available, seven days a week. We regularly handle more corneas than any other U.S. organization providing corneal tissue — our expertise comes from our people and the number of corneas they prepare each day. CorneaGen technicians have processed more than 150,000 corneas.
We offer a comprehensive portfolio of corneal transplant tissue, processed to the standards set by the FDA and the Eye Bank Association of America.
We maintain a long‑standing commitment to advancing the future of eye care. We push our industry forward by developing new techniques, technologies, and products in ophthalmology, and by collaborating with partners to accelerate innovation.
CorneaGen’s latest innovation provides an exciting option for the treatment of keratoconus. Corneal Tissue Addition Keratoplasty (CTAK) is an innovative solution for keratoconic eyes and offers advanced corneal contouring with patient-specific, laser-cut tissue inlays.
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Our History
Today
CorneaGen continues advancing ocular care through meaningful innovations that transform lives while honoring every donor gift.
2016
SightLife creates CorneaGen to accelerate its mission of eliminating corneal blindness worldwide by 2040.
2006
Northwest Lions Eye Bank renamed itself SightLife, focusing on a global impact and beginning to work toward its mission of eliminating corneal blindness.
1969
Northwest Lions Eye Bank is founded by regional Lions Clubs that serve Washington and Northern Idaho.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At CorneaGen, we are dedicated to advancing ocular care through meaningful innovations that transform patient lives – regardless of financial resources, skin color, race, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within our organization is critically important. Creating a culture of Equity isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing to do for our employees to accomplish our Mission, by serving surgeons, patients, and donor families.
CorneaGen is an Antiracist Organization. Racist ideas, behavior, and policies have no place here. Our ongoing diversity-focused internship program is just one example of how we are holding ourselves accountable and are committed to making positive change within our industry.