The IntraLase® Method
for a Blade-Free LASIK Experience

We know the decision to have LASIK surgery is a big one, so we take great care to determine what's best for you as our patient. That's why we offer blade-free LASIK treatment using the IntraLase method.

With the IntraLase method, pulses of laser light create your corneal flap, which is then lifted so the next step of LASIK—the reshaping of your cornea—can be performed. When your LASIK treatment is over, the flap is securely repositioned into place. This bladeless, computer-guided technology is 100% more accurate than most of the mechanical microkeratomes (hand-held devices with a thin metal blade) that surgeons may also use to create a corneal flap.1

IntraLase Assurance and Comfort

The IntraLase method has been used successfully on hundreds of thousands of eyes 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 all of this—while it delivers the added assurance of knowing you’re being treated with the most advanced technology there is.

	How the IntraLase Method Works Unlike mechanical instruments, IntraLase technology is uniquely able to program the dimensions of your flap based on what’s best for your eye. Then the IntraLase laser creates your flap from below the surface of the cornea—without ever cutting it. How?
	1 Ultra–fast pulses of laser light position microscopic bubbles at a precise depth determined by your doctor.
	2 The laser light passes harmlessly through your cornea. Then the laser creates rows of these bubbles just beneath your corneal surface as it moves back and forth across your eye in a uniform plane.
	3 Next, the IntraLase laser stacks bubbles around your corneal diameter to create the edges of your flap. These bubbles are stacked at an angle that is determined by your doctor and is individualized to the way your eye is shaped.
	4 The process takes only about 30 seconds from start to finish— it’s quiet and it’s comfortable.
	5 Your doctor then gently lifts the flap to allow for the second step of your LASIK treatment. When treatment is complete, the flap easily "locks" back into position and rapidly begins to heal.

LASIK performed with IntraLase is preferred by patients

In a survey of clinical practices, the vision in the IntraLase-treated eye was preferred up to 3 to 1 by patients over the vision in the mechanical blade–treated eye (among those who stated a preference).2

LASIK performed with IntraLase delivers superior visual results

In a clinical study comparing the IntraLase laser to the leading microkeratome, more patients achieved 20/20 vision or better in standard and custom LASIK surgery when the IntraLase method was used to create the corneal flap.3

Because of the superior accuracy of the IntraLase method, certain patients who were ineligible for LASIK may now be able to have treatment. Ask Dr Delaney today if you are a candidate.

There have been thousands of people already treated using the IntraLase technique, a collection of Frequently Asked Questions (an FAQ) has been provided by IntraLase which might help you in you decision making.

NASA Approves LASIK using IntraLase

While LASIK has been in use for almost a decade, it wasn't until it advanced to become an ultra-precise, all-laser procedure that NASA approved it for use on Astronauts.

Common Questions about LASIK (and ASA, PRK)

You may have a number of other questions, many of which may have answers found in the 'common questions' page.

REFERENCES:

1. Wang M. Femtosecond technology: is now the time to buy? Refractive Eyecare for Ophthalmologists. 2003;7(5).

2. Durrie DS: Randomized prospective clinical study of LASIK: IntraLase versus mechanical keratome. Subsets presented at: Meeting of the International Society of Refractive Surgery of the American Academy of Ophthalmology; November 14-15, 2003; Anaheim, Calif; the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; May 1-5, 2004; San Diego, Calif; Refractive Surgery 2004: International Refractive Surgery: Science and Practice; October 22-23, 2004; New Orleans, La; and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Symposium; April 15-20, 2005; Washington, DC.

3. Tanzer DJ, Schallhorn SC, Brown MC. Data on file. IntraLase Corp. 2005.

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