Safety

Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery has a long history of safely and effectively improving vision and lessening patients’ dependence on glasses and contact lenses. IntraLase, however, knew that LASIK surgery wasn’t as safe and effective as it could be. The company responded with a breakthrough technology that replaces the mechanical microkeratome with a highly precise laser that works at the molecular level to separate tissue and create a superior corneal flap.

This innovation made sense. Lasers have a long history in medicine. In fact, the excimer laser used in Step Two of LASIK surgery has brought incredible safety and precision to eye surgery. One pulse of the excimer laser removes 0.25 microns of tissue, which is almost 300 times thinner than a typical human hair.

Precision Technology for Safer LASIK Surgery

By replacing the blade commonly used in Step One with a femtosecond laser, IntraLase has made LASIK eye surgery safer than ever before. IntraLase delivers micron-level accuracy 100 percent greater than a microkeratome for more accurate and consistent flap thickness, factors critical for a successful LASIK outcome.

Microkeratomes are safe and provide good results in LASIK eye surgery. The degree of accuracy achieved by the INTRALASE® laser, however, is unprecedented in flap creation technology. With IntraLase you now have the greater assurance you need that Step One of LASIK eye surgery will be the best it can be, more accurate, safer, and a first step towards getting you the best LASIK result possible.

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