The aim of the invention is to ensure a secure support and/or a secure transport of a graft (4) or an implant. This is achieved by a device for supporting and transporting a graft (4) or implant, comprising a container (2) which can be filled with a medium (1), preferably a nutrient medium, and a receiving device (3) which can be arranged in the container (2) for the graft (4) or implant. The receiving device (3) has a receiving chamber (5) for the graft (4) or implant and two passages (6, 7) which lead to the receiving chamber (5), at least one of said passages (6, 7) being dimensioned for introducing and/or removing the graft (4) or implant into or out of the receiving chamber (5). The device also comprises a respective closure device (8, 9) for each of the two passages (6, 7), at least one of the closure devices (8, 9) being permeable for the medium (1). The invention further relates to a corresponding receiving device (3) and to a set comprising a corresponding device.

An organ for transplantation having a kidney, a ureter, and a urinary bladder and an organ structure in which a first ureter, a first urinary bladder, a second ureter and a second urinary bladder are sequentially connected to a kidney can produce urine and excrete the produced urine, and thus is useful for transplantation.

A prosthetic insertion apparatus and related methods of use in delivering filled prosthetic bladders through a skin incision and into a surgical cavity or pocket. The prosthetic insertion apparatus imparts control and retention properties to a surgical professional such the prosthetic bladder can be oriented and manipulated into the surgical cavity without risk of inadvertent dropping of the prosthetic bladder and without imparting damaging stress or torque to the bladder. Suitable materials can be utilized that are selected as having advantageous properties including lubricity, rigidity, easily sterilizable, and high strength.

The present disclosure provides tissue matrix packaging devices and methods of use. The packaging can be used to help a tissue matrix sample retain its shape when being stored or transported.

A method of forming an implant includes providing a preformed shell formed from at least one cured elastomeric layer. The shell includes an outer surface, an inner surface, and an opening for accessing an interior volume of the shell. The method further includes expanding the shell to an expanded state, in which the interior volume is greater than the interior volume of the shell at a time of forming the shell and forming an inner zone having at least one inner elastomeric layer on at least a portion of the inner surface of the shell, while the shell is in the expanded state, thereby forming a multi-zone shell. The method further includes reducing the interior volume of the multi-zone shell, thereby contracting the at least one inner elastomeric layer of the inner zone and causing texturing of the at least one inner elastomeric layer.

A treatment method is provided that includes an introduction step of introducing a transparent stent into a vitreous body of an eyeball, an expansion step of causing the stent to expansively deform inside the vitreous body to bring a retina into contact with a retinal pigment epithelium, and a placement step of placing the stent in the vitreous body with the stent keeping the retina in contact with the retinal pigment epithelium.

A keratoprosthesis includes an anterior collagen layer made of transparent synthetic collagen, and a hydrophobic posterior layer, an anterior surface of the posterior layer being posterior of an anterior surface of the collagen layer.

Assemblies for storing, handling, transporting, viewing, evaluating, and/or shipping corneal tissue are provided. The assembly includes a corneal tissue carrier, optimized for DSAEK and UT-DSAEK corneal grafts, within a transport vial, the transport vial removably coupled to a stabilization base, wherein the ease of access to the graft carrier allows administering the corneal tissue sample to a patient in rapid succession so that more surgeries can be performed by a single surgeon in a single day.

Stent delivery systems and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example stent delivery system may include an inner member. A deployment sheath may be disposed about the inner member. A stent may be disposed between the inner member and the deployment sheath. The deployment sheath may include a translucent reinforcing member that allows for visualization of the stent during stent deployment.

An ocular implant is constructed of a clear, transparent, biologically compatible material and includes a hydrophilic outer surface configured for continuous attachment to a posterior surface of a cornea. The ocular implant has a first radius of curvature at initial attachment to the posterior surface of the cornea and a second radius of curvature at post-initial attachment to the posterior surface of the cornea. The first radius of curvature is different than the second radius of curvature. The ocular implant remains attached to the posterior surface of the cornea at both the first and second radii of curvature.