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Blade-Free Wavefront Laser Vision Correction

The surgeons at LaserVue strive to offer the most advanced laser eye surgery technology to our patients in the San Francisco, South Bay, San Jose, Oakland East Bay, and Santa Rosa offices.

The LASER Advantage at LaserVue Eye Center

Be aware of the new laser technology available to you. Most of the lasers do a fine job and the biggest factor in the surgical outcome is the surgical team's actual surgical skill. But there are significant differences in the lasers that one should not overlook. Some lasers give a smoother corneal surface and have an eye-tracking device that better guarantees that the laser treatment is properly centered and focused, and some lasers do not. The Wavefront LASIK specialists at LaserVue have chosen the Visx Star S4 & Allegretto Wave excimer lasers exclusively with which to perform laser vision correction. The Visx Star S4 & Allegretto Wave lasers feature eye tracking and auto-centering. These are among the few FDA-approved lasers with auto-centering, in which the laser treatment is centered upon the eye’s pupil via computer-guided infrared cameras—versus manually in many other laser systems.

We are proud to have received the first Visx S4 laser in United States, the first Allegretto Wave & Intralase FS 60 in the San Francisco Bay Area. LaserVue Eye Center is among a very few facilities in the Bay area where multiple lasers are available, so our LASIK specialists can truly customize the right laser for your individual vision correction.

When you put something as important as your eyesight in someone else's hands, do you want your doctor to use good equipment or the best equipment?

 

VISX laser systems have features that translate into several advantages for you:

VISX laser systems produce the smoothest surface on the cornea after the procedure; smoother ablations, as they're known, promote faster healing and result in better vision.

VISX laser systems allow the doctor to track your eye movement in all three dimensions during the treatment, for greater control.

VISX laser systems achieve an optical zone that may result in reduced problems with night vision.

VISX ActiveTrak™ laser systems produce seven variable-sized beams, giving the doctor greater flexibility and allowing for a faster, smoother treatment with precise corneal shaping.

VISX laser systems require a shorter procedure time, which enhances comfort and may reduce the risk of postoperative complications.

These features aren't the only reasons why the surgeons at LaserVue have chosen VISX laser systems. Their exclusive focus on laser vision correction technology, combined with a history of excellence in design and rigorous FDA approvals, result in a clinical experience and knowledge that is unmatched in the industry. And if that isn't enough, ask one of our over-two million patients, including eye care professionals and their staff, who have undergone successful procedures with VISX laser systems.

WaveFront technology

The Fingerprint Of Your Vision™

Your vision is unique—as personal as your fingerprint or your DNA. Wavefront mapping of your eyes provides LaserVue doctors information on more than just the corneal surface of your eye. It reveals the way your entire optical system processes light. The Wavefront  Map provides a new level of diagnostic information previously unavailable to the doctor.

Using this information, the doctors at LaserVue can:

  • Accurately assess whether you're a good candidate for laser vision correction. Anyone who is considering laser vision correction should obtain a Wavefront Map as the first step.
  • Along with the other diagnostic tests that LaserVue doctors perform, a personalized treatment plan can then be developed to address your unique vision needs.

The Wavefront Map: from the cosmos to your eye doctor's office

The Wavefront Map is derived from technology first developed to correct distortions of light waves from space. This allowed researchers to accurately view images of stars and planets. The Wavefront Map uses the same technology to measure light waves as they travel through your eye. This technology provides a precise and more detailed analysis of your vision.

Variable Spot Scanning

Provides flexibility in more personalized laser vision correction

Variable Spot Scanning (VSS™)* is an exclusive VISX laser technology that allows for a larger treatment area. This offers the physician greater flexibility in developing a more personalized laser vision procedure when pupil size may be a consideration.

Unlike other scanning systems, VSS™ provides variable size and shape beams with scanning capabilities. This gives the device a wide range of indications, offering more flexibility in personalizing refractive treatments for myopic, astigmatic, and hyperopic patients.

How VSS™ technology works

Seven-beam array: This exclusive VISX technology produces an even and homogenous energy profile using a sophisticated array of seven beams for a uniquely consistent, smooth treatment that no other laser system can match.

Variable-size beams: Unlike fixed-spot lasers, beam diameters range in size from 1.0 mm to 6.0 mm to perform even the most intricate procedure.

Variable-shape beams: Beams are shaped to create spherical, cylindrical, or elliptical removals, depending on treatment needs.

Scanning capabilities: Beams scan across the cornea for flexible treatment modalities. And, unlike fixed-beam scanning lasers, the VSS™ seven-beam technology removes more tissue per pulse, enabling procedures to be completed quickly and efficiently.

*The VISX laser utilizes the VSS™ technology in creating a blend zone in myopic patients receiving -1.0 diopter of vision correction.