Custom Cornea

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CustomCornea™ begins with a process known as wavefront mapping to plot the optical errors of your entire eye. This information is then transferred to the excimer laser to define the precise way it will reshape your cornea. The pattern of the wavefront, and therefore the path of the laser, is as unique as you and your eyes.

All laser surgery systems are not the same. While they all use laser beams to reshape the cornea, there are important differences in technology from one system to another. Because these differences could affect your laser eye surgery procedure and, potentially, its outcome, it's important to understand why the technology matters.

Many people aren't aware that there are differences between laser vision correction systems. Quite understandably, some believe, "a laser is a laser is a laser." Certainly, all laser vision correction systems are designed to do the same thing — use a laser beam to reshape the cornea and correct vision problems. But that's where the similarities end. The fact is the technology on which different laser vision correction systems are based varies considerably. And this is important since, along with your doctor's skill and experience, it can help determine the results you can expect to obtain from a laser vision correction procedure.

The Wavefront Device

The wavefront device captures the unique characteristics of each of your eyes and allows your doctor to completely customize your laser vision correction procedure.

The wavefront device creates a "map" of your eyes that goes beyond traditional vision testing. It works by passing a narrow ray of eye-safe light through the optical system and measuring the optical distortions as the light exits the eye.

In order to totally customize your laser vision correction procedure, Dr. Gelwans’ wavefront device will feed the wavefront maps it generates of your eyes directly into the laser system, such that the maps become the laser's guide for your treatment. These maps will direct the laser, telling it exactly how to reshape your corneas to correct your vision. This is known as a wavefront-guided procedure, and it's the most desirable because through the direct link between the wavefront device and the laser system, you receive vision correction that's customized to be as unique as your eyes.

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Mulach-Brenner Eye Center 3950 Long Beach Blvd., Suite 200 Long Beach, California 90807

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