Tissue services
About our tissue services|
Who benefits? | Our
processing partners
Our processing partners
CryoLife
The Wisconsin Tissue Bank is affiliated with
CryoLife, Inc. a FDA
registered allograft tissue processing facility. CryoLife is a
publicly held company with a commitment to the advancement of new
tissue technologies and recognized as a leader in cardiovascular
tissue preservation. In the last 15 years more than 20,000 cryopreserved tissue implants have been performed with CryoLife
tissues. The surgeons at the Herma Heart Center located at the
Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin have relied on donated tissue from
Wisconsin donors to provide allografts for their pediatric patients.
CryoLife is committed to providing quality donor tissue to meet the
needs of the medical community in Wisconsin.
Cardiovascular tissue recovery criteria is approved by the
Medical Board for CryoLife.
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF)
The WTB is affiliated with the Musculoskeletal Transplant
Foundation (MTF), an American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB)
accredited tissue bank. MTF is the largest non-profit tissue bank in
the United States. Affiliation with MTF not only brings an enhanced
level of service to the Wisconsin Tissue Bank, but also allows us to
have access to the tools and resources that can help expand
services, increase referrals and donation rates.
All policies and procedures for musculoskeletal donor screening,
testing and recovery are established and approved by the Medical
Board of Trustees of the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation. This
Board is composed of physicians from the member institutions on the
Foundation and experts in this field.
MTF maintains a balanced allocation system for tissue
distribution. Tissues processed by MTF are first prioritized back to
the donor hospital, then to hospitals in the area and lastly they
are offered to practitioners within the recovery region. Simply put,
tissues donated in your community are being utilized in your
community.
RTI Biologics, Inc.
RTI Biologics, Inc., is the
leading provider of sterile biological implants for surgeries around
the world. RTI prepares human donated tissue for transplantation
through extensive testing and screening, precision shaping and
proprietary, validated sterilization processes. These allograft
implants are used in dental, head and neck, ophthalmology, spine,
sports medicine, urology and other specialty surgeries.
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