Custom Wavefront Technology
October 1, 2003
With wavefront technology we treat you, not just your glasses prescription.
Custom wavefront treatment works by creating an individualized map of each patient’s visual system, similar in detail and uniqueness to your fingerprint. This map of the visual system is then processed by the laser system and a custom treatment profile is created to treat the nearsightedness and astigmatism along with higher order corneal aberrations.
Aberrations describe the defects in the eye that prevent light from focusing to a precise point on the retina. Lower order aberrations include nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Higher order aberrations are usually present in addition to lower order aberrations and are often responsible for symptoms such as glare or halos in low light conditions. Higher order aberrations can not be corrected with glasses, contacts or traditional laser vision correction.
One advantage of wavefront technology is the ability to measure and treat pre-existing, higher order aberrations in the visual system. Another advantage of wavefront is to help avoid inducing new higher order aberrations. Traditional LASIK surgery typically produces some increase in higher order aberrations. In addition, custom wavefronttreatment offers the possibility of providing improved quality of vision as well as nighttime driving vision. Now that we have a more accurate way to measure each individual’s visual system, we want to use the most precise technology available for every step of the procedure. That’s why we use IntraLASE to create the corneal flap needed for the LASIK procedure. Recent studies have shown flaps created with IntraLASE provide consistent flap quality, which allows us to take full advantage of the accuracy of wavefront treatments. More accurate flaps plus individualized wavefront treatment provides you with excellent visual results!
The combination of custom wavefront and IntraLASE technology makes your experience uniquely precise, uniquely safe and it's uniquely available in Iowa through Wolfe Clinic.