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The implants are derived from natural tissue and not standardised synthetic material, whilst this likely reduces the risk of issues with bio-incompatibility, there is inevitably variability in their intrinsic mechanical properties which requires investigation. Here, speckle interferometry is employed to examine the biomechanical properties, in response to physiologically representative forces, of native porcine corneal tissue prior to processing and after a proprietary 4-stage process involving decellularization, washing, compression and crosslinking. The control lenticules had an average Young\u2019s modulus (E) of 11.11\u00a0MPa (range 8.39\u201313.41\u00a0MPa), following processing average E of the lenticules increased by 127% over that of the unprocessed tissue to 25.23\u00a0MPa (range 18.32\u201332.9\u00a0MPa). The variability in E of the lenticules increased significantly after processing suggesting variability in the propensity of the native tissue to processing. In summary, it is possible to produce thin (&amp;lt;90\u00a0\u00b5m) lenticules from porcine corneas with enhanced stiffness that are effective for treating late-stage keratoconus. 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