Eye banks recover corneal tissue from donors and prepare it to surgeons
specifications for sight-restoring transplant procedures
Over 70,000 people received sight-restoring cornea transplants because of
the generosity of people like you. Register to be a donor today.
85,601
Number of corneas provided for transplant in 2019
68,759
U.S. donors of ocular tissue in 2019
95+%
Success rate of cornea transplants
$6.0B
Lifetime economic benefit of cornea transplants performed in 2019
“Courtney helped more than 200 people as a cornea, organ, and tissue donor. Although her main organs were unable to be donated, she was able to still give so much — corneas, heart valves, skin, tissue, and bones.”
Read More“My name is Heather. I am 39 years old and a mom to three boys (ages 17,13,10). I was diagnosed with an eye disease when I was 30 that would ultimately lead to blindness one day. Last September, it was clear that it was time to precede with my first corneal transplant. As my body began to accept my donor's cornea, I felt like I was watching a miracle occur from the inside out.”
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The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) have partnered to launch EyeFind, a new online tool
that will connect eye and vision researchers with eye banks to more efficiently obtain eye tissue that is critical for their research.
The Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) has released its 2018 Eye Banking Statistical Report which includes data from all 57 U.S. and 11 international member eye bank reporting entities for the calendar year 2018.
Read MoreThe Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA), a nonprofit member-based association dedicated to the restoration of sight worldwide, today launched its Ocular Network Exchange, also known as ONE, to help member eye banks provide higher quality ocular tissue to surgeons and to find the best possible use for donated corneas.
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