BrightMEM™ Corneal Allograft

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The BrightMEM Corneal Allograft

BrightMEM is an innovative corneal allograft composed of Descemet’s Membrane that promotes corneal re-epithelialization and functions as a robust basement membrane with natural long-term durability – representing a new treatment for patients with impaired corneal healing.

Clinical Experience

  • Approximately 90% of cases reported were fully healed within a mean healing time of 34.5 days

  • For patients with follow-up care after 12 months, 100% reported complete re-epithelization

  • More than half reported improved vision within a month – and vision reportedly continues to improve with time

  • A successful graft retention rate of 92.7%

  • Significant improvement in limbal cell growth demonstrated by an improved central staining grade from 3.2+ to 2.2+

  • Neovascularization drops from an average of 71.4% to just 5.8%

  • No infectious, inflammatory or rejection complications were reported

Ideal Patients

• Non-healing corneal epithelial defect

• Herpes Zoster epitheliopathy

• Partial limbal stem cell deficiency (≤75%) with or without epithelial defect

• Post-infectious / post-operative Neurotrophic keratitis

• Chronic epitheliopathy

• Medicamentosa / toxicity / CL overuse LSCD