Zyoptix
was the first system in Europe and Asia that applied Wavefront technology in laser
eye treatment to provide Personalised Vision treatments (sometimes known as Wavefront
or custom LASIK). By September 2003 over 100,000 Zyoptix treatments had been performed.
In October 2003, Zyoptix received FDA approval for use in the USA.
Latest Technology: Zyoptix 100 available
Building on its success Bausch & Lomb, launched the very latest technology for Zyoptix treatments in September 2003.
New features and benefits include:
Iris Recognition |
An enhanced safety feature that ensures the correct eye is treated |
Zy-ID™ |
A personal file that stores your unique digital ‘map’ of each iris & treatment information |
A faster and Multi-Dimensional Eyetracker |
Compensates and corrects for eye movements during surgery in x, y and z dimensions |
100 Hz laser head source |
Treatment times can now be more than twice as fast |
Improved Illumination & new microscope |
Better visibility during treatment |
New treatment options |
More people could eligible for Zyoptix treatment for example those with long/far sight, complicated (mixed) astigmatism, large pupils or thin corneas. |
To read more about the new features, please click on the appropriate section below.
Technology and the Equipment
The
advanced Zyoptix treatment depends on highly sophisticated, computer-controlled
equipment, which is integrated by specialised software. In a Zyoptix treatment,
the following equipment is used: