Our History

1982
DCI Tissue bank in Georgia is established, later incorporates into LifeLink Tissue

1985
Florida Regional Bone and Tissue Bank begins operations in Tampa, Florida, later becomes LifeLink Tissue Bank

1987
Construction begins on tissue bank at 8510 Sunstate St., Tampa – 25,000SF on 2.8 acres

1988
Tissue processing begins at tissue bank

1991
Tissue Bank achieves AATB Accreditation

1992
Florida Regional Bone & Tissue Bank changes name to LifeLink Tissue Bank

2004
Launch of LifeGraft® Cervical Spine Spacer

2007
11.83 acre parcel purchased in Crosstown Center in Tampa, FL for LifeLink Campus

2008
Groundbreaking for new LifeLink office is Tampa, Florida and construction begins on 54,000SF building to house tissue bank operations

2010
LifeLink Tissue Bank moves into their new home in Tampa, Florida and is in full operation

2011
LifeLink Tissue Bank starts producing a viable cell product

2013
Construction begins on 83,000SF building to house LifeLink Headquarters

2014
Relocation to Headquarters begins in phases

2019
Processing of the first fresh amniotic membrane allograft

2022
LifeLink Tissue Bank Birth Tissue Program launches