LASIK Wave Print System
Precise Analysis of Your Unique Vision
Like your fingerprint, your CustomVue Map is unique to you. The CustomVue Map is derived from technology first developed to correct distortions of light waves from space. This allows researchers to accurately view images of stars and planets. The CustomVue Map uses the same technology to measure light waves as they travel through your eye.
Without a tracking device, laser vision correction requires patients to hold their eyes perfectly still during the process. However, even a “still” eye makes minute, involuntary movements, including slight movement with each breath. The 3D ActiveTrak follows the most specific movement instantaneously, repositioning the laser automatically to ensure laser accuracy.
How it Works
To correct nearsightedness, the cornea must be made flatter. This is accomplished by removing tissue from the center of the cornea. To treat farsightedness, the central cornea must be made steeper. This is accomplished by directing the laser beam to remove tissue from around this area. To correct astigmatism, the cornea must be made more spherical. By changing the pattern of the beam, more tissue is removed in one direction than the other.