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This excerpt taken from the EYE 10-K filed Mar 1, 2007. VISX
STAR Excimer Laser System. The laser ablations produced by
the VISX STAR System are the
product of a variable diameter excimer laser beam scanning system. Seven beams that range in size from 0.65 to
6.5 millimeters are homogenized as they converge, scan, and rotate to produce a
smooth ablation area on the eye. The VISX STAR System centers on the eye and
tracks eye movements in three dimensions during the procedure. Our Iris
Registration technology is the first fully automated method of aligning and
registering wavefront corrections for CustomVue
treatment. Iris Registration is designed
to replace the current means of registration, which involves manual marking of
the eye to assess rotational movement.
The VISX STAR System performs Standard LASIK, CustomVue laser vision correction, and PRK. It also performs specialized procedures known as Custom-CAP, which treats patients who previously had LVC surgery resulting in symptomatic decentered ablations (a condition that affects fewer than 4,000 patients per year) and PhotoTherapeutic Keratectomy, or PTK, which treats corneas that are scarred or have irregularities from prior infection, trauma or underlying corneal disease. This excerpt taken from the EYE 10-K filed Mar 14, 2006. VISX
STAR Excimer Laser System. The laser ablations produced by
the VISX STAR System are the
product of a variable diameter excimer laser beam scanning system. Seven beams that
range in size from 0.65 to 6.5 millimeters are homogenized as they converge,
scan, and rotate to produce a smooth ablation area on the eye. The VISX STAR System centers on the eye and
tracks eye movements in three dimensions during the procedure. We also recently
released our Iris Registration technology, the first fully automated method of
aligning and registering wavefront corrections for CustomVue treatment. Iris Registration is designed to
replace the current means of registration, which involves manual marking of the
eye to assess rotational movement.
The VISX STAR System performs Standard LASIK, CustomVue laser vision correction, and PRK. It also performs specialized procedures known as Custom-CAP, which treats patients who previously had LVC surgery resulting in symptomatic
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decentered ablations (a condition that affects fewer than 4,000 patients per year) and PhotoTherapeutic Keratectomy, or PTK, which treats corneas that are scarred or have irregularities from prior infection, trauma or underlying corneal disease.
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