Showing posts with label lasik technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lasik technology. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Choosing Blade Free Lasik



Blade Free Lasik



 Dr. Andrew Taylor knows how challenging it can be for consumers deciding on laser vision correction procedures. Understandably anyone would be confused by the wide range of fees associated with laser eye surgery. Some centers are offering quotes as low as $299 per eye with very vague guarantees. Consumers have caught on to the fact that these fees are never really as low as they seem. If you can’t trust the advertised price, then how can you trust that provider to perform your surgery? 


These are your eyes, and the best guarantee in laser eye surgery comes directly from your surgeon, equipment and the professional staff that support both. At Lasik Provision, laser vision correction is viewed as an art form. Dr. Andrew Taylor has hand selected an experienced team of individuals who are constantly striving to provide the finest in all aspects of your lasik experience. Dr. Andrew Taylor will personally perform your laser eye surgery. He has been serving the residents of South Western Ontario and the Northern United States for over 20 years. He can draw upon a personal experience of having performed over 100,000 successful lasik procedures to achieve the results you desire.

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 Lasik Provision has superior technology and Dr. Andrew Taylor has personally used every major laser platform that is used in North America today. He lectures internationally in the field of laser eye surgery and on laser platforms. He is involved in the regulatory studies for the approval of new devices and procedures. Dr. Andrew Taylor has chosen the Zeiss MEL 80TM Excimer laser and the Visumax Femtosecond Laser as his preferred platform. Carl Zeiss is internationally renowned for their expertise in optics, their lenses are likely to be the ones you use at home in your cameras. Carl Zeiss Meditec utilizes advanced engineering profiles which produce superlative, predictable refractive outcomes which is what you want as a refractive eye patient. 



The Zeiss MEL 80TM Excimer laser custom treats every eye with Wavefront technology. This laser is one of the fastest in the world; it uses dual eye tracking for accuracy and centration. It also uses aberration-optimized algorithms to reduce the incidence of night glare. Visual quality and stability is unsurpassed with the Carl Zeiss laser platform. 

The MEL 80TM laser has the newest technology providing correction for the presbyopic population. It is known as Zeiss BLENDED VISION, and is based on the principal of micro-monovision. It allows the eyes to maintain different focusing depths. Both eyes are corrected for intermediate distance at all times with one eye having a range of vision extending to distance and the other eye having a range of vision extending to near. This creates a functional range of clear vision across all visual fields; near, intermediate and far. The laser reshapes the cornea using different power zones to create useful spherical aberration; making the image disparity between the two eyes so small that the brain doesn’t notice which eye it is using for far and near. This is the most exciting device in laser eye surgery today. 

Lasik Provision is using the Carl Zeiss Meditec VisuMax Femtosecond laser for all flap creation in laser eye surgery. Dr. Andrew Taylor is performing bladeless lasik procedures. It provides maximum safety and comfort for the patients. It creates a thinner flap, allowing patients with thinner corneas an opportunity to have the potential for lasik. It uses minimal energy, allowing more precision and less tissue disruption and therefore faster healing. Your eyes are precious and Dr. Andrew Taylor looks forward to providing you with a level of care that exceeds your expectations. Life was not meant to be viewed through glasses or contact lenses; life is about freedom. With these new technological breakthroughs, there has never been a better and safer time to experience the freedom so many millions of people have enjoyed with laser eye surgery.






Monday, 16 November 2015

FEMTOSECOND LASER TECHNOLOGY (VISUMAX)



FEMTOSECOND LASER TECHNOLOGY (VISUMAX)

FEMTOSECOND LASER TECHNOLOGY (VISUMAX)

Carl Zeiss has over 160 years of experience in the development of optics and Zeiss high performance optics are key to providing an optimum corneal flap. In general, patients who qualify for LASIK are also candidates for the VisuMax laser corneal flap treatment, and thus will benefit from its accuracy and gentleness.

Gentle Treatment with FEMTOSECOND LASER TECHNOLOGY (VISUMAX)

Flap creation with the VisuMax is a completely bladeless procedure. The creation of the corneal flap with the VisuMax is very fast and takes approximately 20 to 30 seconds, while the complete LASIK procedure may take approximately 15 minutes.
A very accurately focused laser beam is guided through to the cornea in a computerized treatment that is unique to each patient. The laser beam moves across and through the cornea, creating a layer of very tiny bubbles under its path. These bubbles quickly disappear, and the tissue above the bubbles becomes the corneal flap that can be easily lifted by your surgeon.
Everyone has a curved cornea. Nature often provides us with the best answers, and the VisuMax features a unique, curved contact glass to maximize patient comfort. This technology allows for the patient to maintain visual sight during the entire procedure. This is possible since the curved contact interface attaches to the cornea during the treatment and the cornea is only slightly flattened, which prevents unnecessarily high intraocular pressure and stress to the eye. This provides maximum comfort and it allows you to see throughout the entire procedure, unlike with microkeratomes or other femtosecond lasers, where your vision is “blacked out” for awhile and patients have reported feeling uncomfortable pressure. Patients often describe the VisuMax procedure like the insertion of a soft contact lens.
Due to the Zeiss high performance optics, the laser beam is guided very precisely to the desired depth, resulting in most accurate flap thickness. In addition, the laser beam is directed in a very focused manner, which allows the doctor to apply only minimum laser energy to the eye during the treatment. As a result, the tissue outside the defined area of the cut remains untouched.
Since the VisuMax is able to create very thin corneal flaps, some patients who were previously not a candidate for LASIK due to thin corneas, are now benefiting from the procedure, thanks to the VisuMax. Your doctor will make the final determination.

Benefits of Blade-Free

The Visumax FEMTOSECOND LASER TECHNOLOGY (laser provides more stability and greater flap precision when compared to LASIK. LASIK’s greatest complication is flap problems after surgery. Because blade free is so precise, this risk is significantly reduced.

The blade-free Lasik vision correction surgery can produce real benefits for some patients. They include:

  • Decreased risk of flap complications.
  • Decreased incidence of postoperative dry eye
  • Unlike other alternatives to LASIK, it preserves many of the benefits of LASIK including a short and largely pain-free recovery.
  • More accurate outcomes in terms of patients’ postoperative vision.
  • Benefits of vision correction surgery are available to those who might have previously been poor candidates.
  • Less pressure on the eye during the surgery.
  • Reduced incidence of patients needing a second operation to correct their vision.
  • Flaps created with a laser are less likely to become dislodged later

ZEISS MEL 80™ EXCIMER LASER



ZEISS MEL 80™ EXCIMER LASER

ZEISS MEL 80™ EXCIMER LASER

ZEISS-MEL-80-EXCIMER-LASER – ZEISS camera lenses were recognized as the world’s highest quality after their introduction in the 1800s. In the late 1980s, ZEISS optical lenses became the technology of choice for the developers of vision correction lasers.
Carl Zeiss Meditec has been a refractive surgery pioneer for more than 20 years.
Combining its finest optics with the most advanced excimer laser technology available, Carl Zeiss Meditec brings you laser vision correction with a fourth-generation laser platform, the MEL 80.”MEL” stands for “Meditec Excimer Laser.”
The MEL 80 is a fourth generation Carl Zeiss excimer laser platform, taking vision correction to a new level. By reshaping the human cornea to its most natural shape during treatment, your vision can now be similar to the quality of lenses on which Carl Zeiss has built its reputation. The goal is to deliver high resolution vision with a custom treatment unique to your prescription. Carl Zeiss engineers created this advanced vision correcting technique using the latest wavefront techology innovations. This scientific method takes into consideration not only the clarity of vision from the shape of your eye, but it also treats other irregularities within your eye that may prevent you from having a higher quality of vision. One of the fastest excimer lasers in the world, your treatment is completed within seconds.

What differentiates Carl Zeiss Meditec?

Carl Zeiss commitment to delivering superior optics with laser precision. The MEL 80 is yet another powerful example of this commitment, delivering high performance and exceptional visual results-all day and all night.
  • 93% of patients were corrected at 6 months to 20/20 or better visual acuity
  • 41% were corrected to 20/12.5 or better 6 months after treatment
  • MEL 80’s aberration-optimized algorithms minimize spherical aberration that causes night vision problems

Zeiss PrecisePulse™ Technology offers precision speed and safety

Precise Pulse Technology safely and accurately controls every single laser pulse from beginning to end. Using Zeiss PrecisePulse™ Technology, every beam of the laser is precisely placed on the cornea while an active eyetracker with an ultra-rapid infrared camera tracks the eye’s position 250 times per second. The MEL 80 eyetracker doesn’t use just one landmark on the eye, it uses two, which is an important feature for exact registration and laser alignment. If your eye ever moves out of the treatment range, the laser treatment pauses until the eye is realigned.

Patient Satisfaction, Comfort, and Confidence

The MEL 80 excimer laser offers high performance considers patient comfort. It safely and significantly reduces treatment time, providing benefits for both surgeon and patient:
  • Reduced stromal bed exposure minimizes dehydration and accelerates regeneration
  • A thermally-optimized laser firing pattern protects the stroma despite high ablation speed
  • The ability to create a precise, aspheric corneal curvature
  • Patients need to concentrate on the fixation light for only a few seconds

Better for the Eye

With the tiniest spot size and its Gaussian beam profile the MEL 80 produces matchless quality in corneal ablation – exact, even and protective of the surrounding tissue. Even in complex ablation procedures, the large overlap of the laser spot zones yields very smooth surfaces.
Two specially optimized ablation profiles help you produce excellent results:
  • ASA (Aberration Smart Ablation) – tried and tested strongly aspherical profiles, optimized for “mesopic vision”
  • TSA (Tissue Saving Algorithm) – the conservative tissue-saving alternative with lower asphericity for re-treatment and thin corneas

Safe Use

The MEL 80 helps you significantly reduce the duration of treatment. This has the following benefits:
  • The stromal bed is only open for a short period; this prevents dehydration and speeds up the regeneration process.
  • The thermally-optimized distribution of the laser firing pattern protects the stroma – despite the high ablation speed.
  • Patients’ stress is relieved; they only need to concentrate for a few seconds on the fixation light.
  • The exceptionally fast ablation time reduces procedure time for greater patient comfort.
  • Very small 0.7 mm spot permits the finest correction without losing the benefits of a small ablation.
  • An active eyetracker with excellent feedback times and an IR camera catching both pupil and limbus provides exact positioning during the laser treatment.
  • Two specially optimized ablation profiles to choose from

Clinical Study

The Carl Zeiss Meditec MEL 80 Excimer Laser System is indicated for use in primary Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) for:
  • For the reduction or elimination of myopia of less than or equal to -7.0 D with or without refractive astigmatism of less than or equal to -3.0 D;
  • In subjects with documentation of stable manifest refraction over the prior year;
  • In subjects who are 21 years of age or older.
The objectives of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Meditec MEL 80 Excimer Laser System for the reduction or elimination of myopia of less than or equal to -10.00 D, and astigmatism less than or equal to -3.50 D at the spectacle plane, when used as part of the LASIK surgical procedure.
At three months, the overall quality of vision was rated highly, with 99.4% of patients indicating that there was an improvement, while only 0.6% indicated that there was no improvement; 94.4% would elect to have the surgery again; 98.3% reported being satisfied, while 0.6% were neutral and 1.1% were dissatisfied.
Response:At 3 Months:At 6 Months:
No Improvement0.6%0.6%
Slight Improvement1.1%0%
Moderate Improvement1.1%1.7%
Marked Improvement14.4%16.3%
Extreme Improvement82.8%81.5%
No1.1%2.2%
Yes94.4%94.4%
Unsure4.4%3.4%
Very Satisfied90.6%88.8%
Moderately Satisfied7.8%8.4%
Neutral0.6%1.7%
Dissatisfied1.1%0.6%
Very Dissatisfied0.0%0.6%

Conclusions Drawn From The Clinical Study:

The data in this application provides reasonable assurance that the device is safe and effective when used in accordance with the directions for use.  The FDA issued its approval of the Meditec MEL 80 Excimer Laser System on August 15, 2006