All Laser High Fidelity
Not All 20/20 Is The Same.

Laser Vision Correction has successfully corrected the vision of over 6 million people. An estimated 98% of these patients now see 20/20 to 2/40 without glasses. Just being able to read the 20/20 line doesn't necessarily mean you have excellent vision though, especially if the letters you identify are not crisp and clear. Conventional laser vision correction can only address the visual distortions that account for about 85-90% of the quality of vision.

CUSTOMCORNEA® can now address the other 10% to 15% of visual distortions. Although conventional laser vision correction can provide excellent results, for many patients CUSTOMCORNEA® can deliver even better results. The difference between traditional LASIK and CUSTOMCORNEA® is like the difference between regular television and hi-fidelity television. We call it High fidelity Vision.

U.S. FDA approval was recently granted to ALCON's CUSTOMCORNEA® treatment, using the LADARVision 4000 excimer laser and the LADARWave wavefront measuring devise.

This long-awaited method of correcting myopia may result in a greater percentage of eyes achieving 20/20 or better vision compared to conventional LASIK procedures because of the ability to now measure internal optical aberrations, known as higher-order aberrations.

Initially Wavefront sensing was developed to improve the performance of telescopes by correcting the distorting effects of the atmosphere. Wavefront analysis enables ophthalmologists to better understand the visual distortions of an individual patient.

Higher order aberrations can cause glare, shadows, halos and other disturbances to your vision. Treating optical aberrations, which impact low-light visual activities such as night driving will improve the patient's quality of vision. Previously we measured the "quantity" of vision on the Snellen Eye Chart. Now we can measure the visual distortions that affect the quality of vision of how well you see.

CUSTOMCORNEA® is the only FDA approved treatment that allows wavefront diagnostic technology to actually guide the excimer laser during a laser vision correction procedure and correct higher order optical distortions.
 

The system sends low-energy laser light into the eye that is reflected off the retina and travels back through the lens and cornea as an outgoing wavefront. This wavefront is captured by the LADARWave™, which then measures and transfers it to the LADARVision 4000 laser, where it is electronically registered and computer matched to create the precision ablation to customize the laser vision correction procedure. Conventional laser vision correction can provide excellent results, but for many patients CUSTOMCORNEA® can deliver even better results.