Technology

ALL- LASER LASIK with IntraLase™

The IntraLase™ method is an all laser approach to creating the corneal flap, the first step in the LASIK procedure. IntraLase™ provides the most sophisticated and accurate technology for corneal flap creation available today. It has been used successfully in over a million procedures and we trust this advanced technology to deliver exceptional results. Our commitment is to provide you with the ultimate in comfort, safety, and outstanding vision. LASIK with IntraLase™ can help you achieve this—while it delivers the added assurance of knowing you’re being treated with the most advanced technology there is.

IntraLase™ technology delivers micron-level accuracy, giving your surgeon more control during the procedure and the ability to tailor the size, shape and depth of the corneal flap for each individual patient and each individual eye.

Then the IntraLase™ laser creates your flap from below the surface of the cornea using ultra-fast pulses of laser light to position microscopic bubbles at a precise depth determined by your doctor. Once the base of the flap has been created, the IntraLase™ laser stacks bubbles around your corneal diameter to create the edges of the flap. These bubbles are stacked at an angle this is determined by your doctor and is individualized to the way your eye is shaped. The process takes only about 30 seconds from start to finish- It’s quiet and comfortable. Your doctor then gently lifts the flap to allow for the second step of your LASIK treatment, the corneal reshaping. When the treatment is complete, the flap easily “locks” back into position and rapidly begins to heal.

ALLEGRETTO WAVE Eye-Q^®

The second step of the LASIK procedure is reshaping the corneal surface with an excimer laser. At The Eye Clinic of Texas, we have two laser platforms to treat our patients. Our doctors will choose the laser platform for each patient based upon their individual needs. One laser platform is the Allegretto Wave Eye Q laser system. The ALLEGRETTO WAVE® Eye-Q customizes every treatment to the patient’s individual prescription and cornea while aiming to improve what nature originally designed. Wavefront Optimized™ treatment considers the unique curvature and biomechanics of the eye, preserving quality of vision and addressing the spherical distortions than can induce glare and night vision reduction.

PerfectPulse Technology™ ensures safe and precise work at high speed. Each ultra-thin laser pulse is used to sculpt the corneal surface of the eye with the utmost accuracy. The high-speed eye-tracker follows the eye’s fastest movements, checking the eye’s positions 400 times per second while ensuring an accurate placement of each laser pulse on the cornea. In addition, an integrated crossline projector provides the surgeon with an exact alignment of the eye’s position, making the ALLEGRETTO WAVE® Eye-Q one of the safest, most effective optical lasers currently available. One of the most innovative features of the ALLEGRETTO WAVE® Eye-Q is the way it uses Wavefront-Optimized technology to automatically compensate for the curvature of the cornea. At night and in dark conditions, the pupil becomes larger to permit the maximum amount of light to enter the eye. Laser eye correction needs to take this fact into account. If the optical zone is smaller than the size of the pupil at its largest, there is a chance that the patient will experience glare and halos around bright objects such as oncoming headlights. Like the LADARWave, ALLEGRETTO WAVE® Eye-Q is able to produce a larger optical zone, virtually eliminating glare and night vision problems. Taking human sight beyond 20/20 is possible.

ALCON LADARVision System^®

The Doctors at the Eye Clinic of Texas are pleased and proud to provide Laser Vision Correction using the Summit Autonomous Laser with LADARVision.  This laser, with its high-speed LadarTracker eye tracking system, represents a tremendous advance in excimer laser technology. There are a number of features that make this a wonderful instrument for Laser Vision Correction.

 Eyes are constantly making small rapid movements that are beyond our ability to control. Movements during surgery can affect placement of the laser beam, which in turn can affect the precision of the final corneal surface and the quality of the final vision. The automated "LadarTracker", based on space tracking technology developed by NASA, sends out an infrared tracking beam 4000 times per second. It has a feedback system, which allows the laser to follow the eye as it moves and to deliver the laser treatment with greater accuracy. More accurate placement of the laser beam helps increase the final visual acuity.

Another important aspect of precision treatment is centration of the treatment over the pupil. Some of the older, traditional lasers depend for their centration on the patient looking up at a target light during treatment while the doctor works to keep the "target" light in the center of the pupil. The new LadarVision® laser takes a digital photo of your eye and stores it in its memory. This "centration" photo is taken with your pupil small. During the treatment itself, although your pupil is dilated, the computer "remembers" your small pupil position and automatically centers the laser treatment where it belongs, over your pupil. 

The high-speed automatic tracker is combined with a small "flying spot" laser beam. The older, traditional laser systems used fairly large diameter spots which were modified by diaphragms or slits which were opened or closed or moved in front of them. Many of their laser bursts were fired one on top of the other. Instead of firing beam after beam on the same parts of the cornea, the new Autonomous laser has a microscopic laser beam less than a millimeter wide. This tiny beam moves rapidly around the cornea in a computer-generated pattern of tiny dots. These tiny laser spots, when added together, result in a smoother and more regular surface for the treated eye and help maximize the chances for even better vision after LASIK.

Still another benefit of the new laser is its ability to spread the needed treatment over a broader area of the cornea. This may help reduce problems with distortion and glare at night.

We are committed to offering our patients the best technology available, and to work with them to achieve the best possible outcome after laser vision correction.