Abstract: A method of repairing a cornea of an eye. A donor material of living tissue in the shape of a partial sphere having an exterior Bowman's membrane of living tissue, is first die cut to define an outline configuration including a central extent and a plurality of tabs extending outwardly therefrom. The tabs are then shaved to remove substantially all of the donor material therefrom leaving substantially only the Bowman's membrane. The eye to be repaired is then punched to form a central aperture in the cornea having a size and shape essentially that of the central extent of the donor material. A plurality of pockets are incised from the central aperture into the cornea, the pockets being positioned and sized and shaped to receive the respective shaven tabs when the central extent is positioned within the central aperture.

Abstract: An eye with a cornea repaired without sutures comprising a donor material in the shape of a partial sphere having a generally central extent, the central extent being of the size and shape of the central portion of a cornea of an eye, the central extent having a periphery of a fixed diameter with an exterior surface in a convex configuration and an interior surface in a concave configuration and with an essentially common thickness throughout, the central extent having a plurality of corneal flaps extending radially from the periphery of the central extent, the flaps having exterior surfaces as a continuation of the exterior surface of the central extent; and a recipient eye in the shape of a partial sphere having a circular aperture in the cornea at its central portion, the central aperture being of a size and shape essentially that of the periphery of the central extent of the donor material, the aperture being of a common thickness at the periphery of the aperture, the central portion having pockets and wi