State-of-the-art
LASIK equipment

The Technology:

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.

The fellowship trained LASIK specialists at any center you choose should be using the newest generation lasers and laser surgery software. The state-of-the-art Visx Star S3 (there are some Visx lasers that do not have an eye-tracker) with activetrak excimer laser is known to be the very best equipment with which to perform laser vision correction.

We feel strongly that the Visx Star S3 is the finest excimer laser technology available for patients today.

Advantages of the Visx Star S3 Laser with 3-Dimensional eye-tracking:

1. Visx is a company created by the original researchers in the ocular use of excimer lasers. Visx has been the gold standard in the U.S. for many years. Their superb research team has maintained their position as an innovator and quality excimer laser manufacturer.
2. Visx utilizes a unique technology that consists of seven individual rotating and revolving laser beams that give a fast, consistent and smooth result that patients can rely on.
3. Over 2 million cases in the U.S. alone have been performed with Visx lasers.
4. It tracks onto the center of the pupil in real time and enables the laser to follow even subtle movements of the eye during treatment so both the doctor and patient can feel more assured that the treatment is taking place in the correctly centered location on the cornea. Also, it does not require dilating drops to work.
5. If the eye is noted to move significantly (past 1.5 mm from center), the tracker will immediately stop the laser. Once the laser is realigned, the laser continues right where it left off. This attribute of the eye tracker is another reassuring feature of Visx S3 technology.
6. The eye tracker also has the unique capability to not only follow side to side eye movements but also up and down movements of the eye, thus this is the world's first and only three dimensional tracker... so sensitive it even can follow the up and down movements from breathing.
7. Unlike some flying spot lasers, the Visx Star S3 utilizes a treatment zone that both maximizes patient comfort in dim light situations with an 8 mm blend zone if needed and avoids the dangerous situation of removing too much corneal tissue when treating patients with high prescriptions.

Admittedly this is all a bit technical for all intents and purposes, but let us emphasize that one should ask a laser center if the laser utilized has any tracker at all.