- Gold Standard for LASIK – #1 laser for US Eye Surgeons
- Approved for US military pilots and astronauts(NASA)
- AMO-VISX patent portfolio & FDA approvals exceed ALL other lasers
- Wavefront Guided (AMO-VISX) is superior to Wavefront Optimized (Wavelight Allegretto) for aberrated corneas
- Fourier aberrometer mathematical reconstruction, NOT the less precise Zernike polynomials or simple K values (Wavelight Allegretto)
- Variable Spot Scanning (VSS): Variable laser beam sizes from 0.65 mm to 6.5 mm scan cornea. Conserves corneal tissue with faster treatment times
- Variable Repetition Rate (VRR): Less energy build-up for faster healing
- ActiveTrak™ 3-D Active Eye Tracking with automatic centering is the first FDA-approved tracker to track eye movements along the X, Y and Z axes.
The most advanced technology currently
available, the Abbott Medical Optics
iLASIK system (VISX-AMO)
The Intralase system means all-laser LASIK, or iLASIK, and is used for the
first step of the procedure. In the early days of LASIK, an instrument
called a microkeratome, a hand-held spinning razor blade, was
used to create the corneal flap. With all-laser iLASIK this step is
performed with a special laser called IntraLase which creates
a thinner and more precise flap that enables the tissue to
heal much faster and with greater strength. iLASIK
also permits more people to have LASIK as it
resolves some issues the microkreatome was
unable to address.
