LASIK Surgery

VISX®

VISX® CustomVue™
Individualized Laser Vision Correction

Live your best life with your Personal Best Vision

Look Better, Feel Better, See Better in a Whole New World

Chances are, several of your friends or family members are experiencing the joys of living without glasses and contact lenses as a result of laser vision correction. You've heard the excitement in their voices, noticed the boost in their confidence levels, and watched the quality of their lives improve with new-found freedom. Millions of Americans are enjoying these life-enhancing benefits and millions more, just like you, are exploring the procedure that could free them from the worries of glasses and contact lenses.

VISX CustomVue Improves the View of Laser Vision Correction

CustomVue Individualized Laser Vision Correction was developed by VISX, the company recognized worldwide for bringing innovation and breakthrough technology to laser vision correction. With CustomVue, a new standard in laser vision correction is established, providing a precise level of measurement and correction never before possible.

Using WaveScan-based digital technology, originally developed for use in high-powered telescopes to reduce distortions when viewing distant objects in space, doctors can now identify, measure, and correct imperfections in an individual's eyes 25 times more precisely than with standard methods used for glasses and contact lenses. This information is transferred to the laser, providing a new level of precision and accuracy.

Reach the Full Potential of Your Vision - Your Personal Best Vision

Just like a fingerprint, each person's vision is 100 percent unique to their eyes. Before the recent advancements in technology, doctors were only able to use standard measurements to correct vision, meaning that prescriptions could only provide a certain level of correction regardless of an individual's needs.

Now, VISX CustomVue can measure and correct the unique imperfections of each individual's vision and provide them with the potential to experience better vision than is possible with glasses or contact lenses - Personal Best Vision.

Taking the Mystery out of Laser Vision Correction

The laser vision correction process begins with a consultation with your doctor where a patient can learn about the technology and the procedure.

An evaluation follows to assess a patient's overall health and to measure and create a detailed and unique map of their eyes. Once it's confirmed that an individual is a good candidate for laser vision correction, the procedure can be scheduled.

On the day of the procedure, anesthetic drops are placed into the patient's eyes. The patient's unique correction information is transferred from the WaveScan to the laser. Laser vision correction works by gently reshaping the cornea with the cool beam from the laser to remove microscopic amounts of tissue-less than the thickness of a human hair in most cases-to create a new curvature. The procedure typically takes several seconds and the majority of individuals feel no discomfort. Many patients notice immediate results after CustomVue and vision continues to improve over several days. Routine follow-up visits complete the process.

Great Results by Day and by Night

One year after the CustomVue procedure, patients in a clinical study reported these great results without glasses and contact lenses:

In the clinical study, four times as many people were very satisfied with their night vision after the procedure as compared to their night vision before with glasses or contact lenses.

Clear Vision-Anytime, Anywhere!

VISX® lasers have been used to perform millions of laser vision correction procedures in the U.S. and around the world. If you're over the age of 21, and are nearsighted and/or astigmatic, you may be a candidate for the CustomVue procedure.

The first step is to call an eye care center to schedule a doctor's consultation. During the consultation you can review the details of the technology and the procedure and be that much closer to living your best life with your Personal Best Vision.

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Frequently Asked Questions about CustomVue Individualized Laser Vision Correction

 

 

 

 

Intralase

The IntraLase® Method for a
Blade-Free LASIK Experience

We know the decision to have LASIK surgery ia big one, so we take great care to determine what's best for you as our patient. That's why we offer blade-free LASIK treatment using the IntraLase method.

With the IntraLase method, pulses of laser light create your corneal flap, which is then lifted so the next step of LASIK - the reshaping of your cornea-can be performed. When your LASIK treatment is over, the flap is securely repositioned into place. This bladeless, computer-guided technology is 100% more accurate than most of the mechanical microkeratomes (hand-held devices with a thin metal blade) that surgeons may also use to create a corneal flap.1

IntraLase Assurance and Comfort

The IntraLase method has been used successfully on hundreds of thousands of eyes and we trust this advanced technology to deliver exceptional results. Our commitment is to provide you with the ultimate in comfort, safety, and outstanding vision. LASIK with IntraLase can help you achieve all of this-while it delivers the added assurance of knowing you're being treated with the most advanced technology there is.

LASIK performed with IntraLase is preferred by patients.

In a survey of clinical practices, the vision in the IntraLase-treated eye was preferred up to 3 to 1 by patients over the vision in the mechanical blade-treated eye (among those who stated a preference).2

LASIK performed with IntraLase delivers superior visual results.

In a clinical study comparing the IntraLase laser to the leading microkeratome, more patients achieved 20/20 vision or better in standard and custom LASIK surgery when the IntraLase method was used to create the corneal flap.3

How the IntraLase Method Works


Unlike mechanical instruments, IntraLase technology is uniquely able to program the dimensions of your flap based on what's best for your eye. Then the IntraLase laser creates your flap from below the surface of the cornea - without ever cutting it. How?

  1. Ultra-fast pulses of laser light position microscopic bubbles at a precise depth determined by your doctor.

  2. The laser light passes harmlessly through your cornea. Then the laser creates rows of these bubbles just beneath your corneal surface as it moves back and forth across your eye in a uniform plane.

  3. Next, the IntraLase laser stacks bubbles around your corneal diameter to create the edges of your flap. These bubbles are stacked at an angle that is determined by your doctor and is individualized to the way your eye is shaped.

  4. The process takes only about 30 seconds from start to finish - it's quiet and it's comfortable.

  5. Your doctor then gently lifts the flap to allow for the second step of your LASIK treatment. When treatment is complete, the flap easily "locks" back into position and rapidly begins to heal.

Because of the superior accuracy of the IntraLase method, certain patients who were ineligible for LA5IK may now be able to have treatment. Ask your doctor today if you are a candidate.

References:
1. Wang M. Femtosecond technology: is now the time to buy? Refractive Eyecare for Ophthalmologists. 2003:7(5). 2. Durrie DS:Randomized prospective clinical study of LASIK; IntraLase versus mechanical keratome. Subsets presented at: Meeting of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; November 14-15, 2003; Anaheim, Calif; the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; May 1-5, 2004; San Diego, Calif; Refractive Surgery 2004; International Refractive Surgery: Science and Practice; October 22-23, 2004; New Orleans, La; and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; April 15-20, 2005; Washington, DC. 3. Tanzer DJ, Schallhorn SC, Brown MC. Data on file. IntraLase Corp. 2005.

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