Wavefront Laser Eye Surgery

New Wavefront Laser Eye Surgery Technology

The wonderful results of Lasek Eye Surgery have been improved by research adding new methods, such as Wavefront Laser Eye Surgery technology.  This technology gives a Lasek Eye Surgery physician the ability to see and accurately map even slight variations in the surface of the eye.  This gives the physician the ability to more accurately tailor a Lasek Eye Surgery operation to the individual, and result in even clearer vision.

Wavefront Laser Eye Surgery

The concept behind Wavefront Laser Eye Surgery technology was originally developed by astronomers, in order to indicate if a mirror or a lens had slight imperfections in it.  It is very important in astronomy to get near perfect optics in order to be able to clearly see the small light sources million of miles away in the universe.  In the 1970s a sensor was created to electronically check these surfaces, and a type of this sensor is now used in the Wavefront Laser Eye Surgery guided Lasek Eye Surgery procedures.

The idea to apply this technique, or to use this sensor, to the field of ophthalmology and later to the specific area of Lasek Eye Surgery vision correction, was begun in Germany.  The physician Josef Bille began using the sensor in his practice, and this started others to refine the sensor and how it is used and to apply it to Lasek Eye Surgery technology.  In 1997 the improved sensor, with greater accuracy and speed, was announced to the Lasek Eye Surgery laser manufacturers.  This allowed the companies that manufacture the Lasek Eye Surgery equipment to develop tools using the Wavefront Laser Eye Surgery concept for each of their own laser systems.

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