Tissue is used in a wide range of vital medical procedures. Examples include salvaging limbs following tumor surgery, reconstructing hip and knee joints, and correcting curvature of the spine. Tissues and bones which are recovered include: Heart valves, skin, ligament, tendons, bones, major blood vessels, and fascia (muscle covering) . These tissues can be used to treat patients suffering from congenital defects, blindness, visual impairment, trauma, burns, dental defects, arthritis, cancer, vascular and heart disease.

Heart valves are used to replace damaged or defective valves, skin is used for burn patients, ligaments and tendons replace damaged or destroyed ones, bones are used to repair or replace damaged ones (from injury, tumors, etc.), blood vessles are used for bypass surgery and to replace those damaged by vascular diseases, and fascia is used from everything to bladder repair to reconstruction of patient's organ structures.