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Ziemer Z8 LDV is a Swiss-made precision femtosecond laser that is widely recognised as the lowest energy and fastest repetition rate femtosecond laser available on the market today. The result is high-quality LASIK flaps with no opaque bubbling.

Laser Vision surgeons are proud to use this device because it allows them to perform needle and blade-free surgery on virtually all patients; yielding unprecedented results. The Ziemer Z8 femtosecond laser represents the most significant advancement in cataract and lens surgery in the last 25 years.

IntraLase™ iFS™ (AMO) is another advanced technology femtosecond laser that also allows an all-laser LASIK solution. This laser is believed to be the most widely used femtosecond laser platform in the world.

These lasers have pioneered the use of wavefront technology for laser refractive surgery. With hundreds of thousands of successful operations, they have earned a strong reputation for safety and precision. These lasers use a scanning-spot excimer laser system with high (400Hz) pulse frequencies .

Laser spot positioning is achieved by the use of a galvanometer scanner, as well as a fast eye-tracker to register the eye position and to control the laser direction accordingly. Wavefront-Optimised or Customised corrections are delivered using topography and wavefront data, and interestingly the individual laser pulses have a small ablation diameter of just 0.95mm and a Gaussian shaped profile. This feature creates a “cool, smooth laser” along with short treatment time.

The Zeiss Mel 80 excimer laser is a ZEISS laser, designed to make the correction of vision defects even safer, more patient-friendly and individual. All the parameters of this ultramodern work platform are oriented towards increasing efficiency, achieving optimum treatment results and the rapid recovery of vision.

Key factors here are the very high ablation rate, the high-performance eyetracker system and individual treatment planning with the optional CRS-Master®.

This Schwind laser® adopts an extremely high ablation speed of 750 Hertz in conjunction with a 5-dimensional eye tracker. It’s software enables surgeons to perform tailor made treatments based on highly detailed wavefront profiles. The selected treatment delivered by the laser is precisely calculated to optimise corneal tissue. Where a surface procedure is selected as the most appropriate treatment, this laser offers ‘no touch’ advanced surface ablation through its Trans PRK option.

This is surface treatment involving the corneal surface epithelium being removed by the laser. Where LASIK is selected, this laser is coupled with our 5th generation IntraLase™ iFS™ Advanced Femtosecond laser to achieve an all-laser LASIK solution – a versatile tool that preserves corneal innervation and allows post-operative healing by creating a biomechanically stable corneal flap.

With the VisuMax®, ZEISS is significantly shaping the world of refractive surgery. This ground-breaking laser system employs high-performance femtosecond laser technology and is characterized by its outstanding cutting precision, unsurpassed speed and gentle treatment technique. The VisuMax is thus the ideal platform for therapeutic and refractive applications of cutting-edge corneal surgery.

The Schwind Amaris® 1050 RS uses an unsurpassed repetition rate of 1050 Hz to deliver high-precision, fast treatments. It takes merely 1.3 seconds to treat 1 dioptre of spectacle prescription.

This device intelligently delivers the lowest amount of energy required to complete your treatment through a technology known as Automatic Fluence Level Adjustment (AFLA). This means that approximately 80% of your treatment is performed at a high fluence value and the remaining 20% at a lower fluence level.

The result is short treatment times, quicker recovery and accurate treatments. The Schwind Amaris® 1050 RS also uses active 7D eye tracking to compensate for any eye movements that you make during the procedure.

These are lenses which have a single prescription over the whole lens. These styles of lenses give excellent vision at a set distance and are often suitable for patients who don’t mind wearing glasses for certain common activities.

These lenses are designed to correct astigmatic errors within the eye and thereby minimize dependence upon spectacles after surgery. With custom made lenses, very high astigmatic prescriptions can be corrected with excellent outcomes.

Toric lenses can be obtained in single focus, multifocal and trifocal lens styles.

These lenses are designed to mimic the ability of the eye to accommodate prior to presbyopia by using a movable lens. These lenses often obtain excellent distance and intermediate vision. Reading vision is dependent on several factors but it is not uncommon to require reading glasses after surgery.

The benefits of these lenses are that they avoid the potential side effects of a multifocal lens but give an extended range of vision and therefore reduce dependence upon spectacles after surgery.

The IC-8 lens is a synthetic implant that replaces your eye’s natural lens and provides clear vision at virtually all distances. The lens includes a mini ring with a pinhole in the center. This advanced design helps focus the light entering the eye and once again allows you to see from near to far clearly.

This mini-ring creates a pinhole effect, which extends your natural range of vision (near to far) by funneling light through the center of the ring so that only focused light rays enter your eye.

These lenses are designed to maximize the range of vision by providing multiple focal points at distance, intermediate and near vision. They are an excellent choice for motivated patients wishing to minimize dependence upon spectacles after surgery.

They are generally very successful, but there is a degree of compromise. Some patients will notice a degree of glare and haloes around lights, especially at night, due to light scatter. Although this is generally not too bothersome, a small minority of patients may find it troublesome. These effects often improve with time.

For patients deciding for a premium lens solution, access to LASEK after surgery is essential as approximately 5%-7% of patients may require a minor adjustment to enhance clarity of focus after surgery and obtain the best potential vision.