step of the laser vision correction procedure. Our patients confirm that INTRALASE has significantly contributed to their confidence in the procedure.

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.

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.

UNIQUELY SAFE

Traditionally the first step of the LASIK procedure was performed with a hand held mechanical device. While the results using this method have been very good, a new computer controlled laser is now available that eliminates many of the possible complications that were occasionally seen with the mechanical device. This INTRALASE ® FS laser enables us to provide remarkable predictability and precision. It is this precision that makes laser vision correction enriched with INTRALASE ® one of the safest forms of surgical vision correction available today.

UNIQUELY PRECISE

Our surgeons continually evaluate all advances in technology and have found that the computer-guided laser for creating the flap is the most sophisticated and accurate system available today. We believe that the greater level of precision that INTRALASE ® technology provides is important to all of our patients. It allows us to continually provide a higher level of care in our facility.

PREDICTABLY BETTER VISION

INTRALASE ® is rapidly becoming known as the key ingredient to optimizing visual results in laser vision correction surgery. This technology makes every laser vision correction procedure more predictable. Comparative clinical studies confirm that more patients achieve 20/20 vision or better with the INTRALASE ® than with the use of the microkeratome.

LESS INVASIVE APPROACH

By replacing the traditional approach with a beam of light, the INTRALASE ® FS laser dramatically reduces the risk of complications; in fact, more patients may now be candidates for laser vision correction due to this unique level of precision that was previously unavailable. Replacing the mechanical first step of the procedure with the computer precision of a laser is consistent with other advances in medicine today.

FEWER COMPLICATIONS

Clinical studies have proven that by replacing the traditional mechanical device with a beam of light, the INTRALASE ® FS laser dramatically reduces the risk of complications. Studies have shown the incidence of dry eye symptoms may be reduced with the INTRALASE ® FS laser . Many INTRALASE ® surgeons report that the need to do a touch-up procedure (commonly called an “enhancement”) is significantly reduced.

PATIENT PREFERENCE

In a recently conducted study, most patients preferred the visual outcome in their eye treated with the INTRALASE ® FS laser when compared to their other eye, which was treated with the traditional mechanical device.