IntraLase®

IntraLase makes LASIK surgery better.
If you're looking for freedom from glasses and contact lenses, your timing couldn't be better. A breakthrough technology that has demonstrated a unique level of safety and precision is now available in Chicago at Advocate Illinois Masonic Vision Correction Center.

IntraLase makes every LASIK procedure safer and better by virtually eliminating blade-related complications. It's the new gold standard for vision correction surgery. Because of the precision of the laser, you can now have greater assurance of a safer procedure and an excellent result.

The IntraLase FS Laser enables surgeons to provide remarkable predictability and precision, making it one of the safest forms of surgical vision correction available today.

How IntraLase Works
Unlike the microkeratome blade, which cuts across the cornea to create the flap, IntraLase creates the flap using an "inside-out" process, virtually eliminating rare but severe sight-threatening complications.

• The INTRALASE® FS laser uses an infrared beam of light to create the flap from below the surface of the cornea.
• The beam of laser light precisely positions tiny microscopic bubbles within the central layer of the cornea to define the flap's dimensions and distinct beveled edge, as well as location of the hinge.
• Thousands of these bubbles are then stacked along the edge of the flap up to the corneal surface to complete the flap.
• The process from start to finish takes approximately 45 seconds.
• The surgeon then lifts the flap to allow for treatment by the excimer laser. When treatment is complete, the flap is accurately repositioned, thanks to its beveled edge.

With IntraLase, the surgeon can precisely control the critical first step of LASIK. Pre-programmed laser specifications include flap diameter, depth, hinge location and width, and side-cut architecture - factors which may vary by patient. IntraLase flaps also feature a distinctive beveled edge, which allows for precise repositioning, alignment and seating of the flap after LASIK is completed. This ability to personalize specific parameters is impossible with a microkeratome or other hand-held bladed instrument.

Benefits of IntraLase

• Improved Safety: Eliminates the most severe microkeratome-related complications, including invasive corneal incisions and button-hole flaps. (Data on file, IntraLase Corp.)
• Better Vision: Patients achieve statistically better vision when IntraLase is used in the LASIK procedure.
• Highest Degree of Predictability and Precision: Micron-level precision creates significantly more predictable and accurate flap dimensions
• Fewer Retreatments: The number of LASIK retreatments (or enhancements) is significantly lower for laser-created corneal flaps, avoiding the patient inconvenience of subsequent procedures. (8,9)
• Reduced Dry Eye Symptoms: In several clinical studies, standard tests performed to diagnose dry eye show a significant reduction in symptoms, the largest of which shows patient symptoms were reduced by 72 percent.
• Individualized Flaps: The laser flap can be tailored to your needs, allowing physicians to individualize all steps in the LASIK procedure: custom diagnosis with wavefront; personalized flap creation with IntraLase, and, custom laser treatment.

The advanced IntraLase technology has given many patients more confidence when considering laser vision correction, in addition to opening the door for individuals who previously were not candidates for conventional LASIK.

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