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The Fingerprint of Your Vision^TM

Your vision is unique as personal as your fingerprint or your DNA. The Wave Scan Wavefront System provides your eye doctor with a WavePrint Map, which is a more detailed visual analysis that can help provide a personalized laser vision correction treatment.

Until now, the diagnostic measurements taken prior to laser vision correction have involved primarily the cornea — the clear portion of the eye covering your iris and pupil. The WavePrint System is an important technological advance because it analyzes your entire visual system from cornea to retina — that is, from the front to the back of your eye, even including the tear film that covers your cornea.

Using this information, your doctor can:

Accurately assess whether you're a good candidate for laser vision correction. The WavePrint Map is the gold standard in vision measurement. Anyone who is considering laser vision correction should obtain a WavePrint Map as the first step.
Personalize your treatment plan to your unique vision. The WavePrint Map permits this kind of personalized planning.

"What the WavePrint allows us to do, when we combine it with the VISX STAR S3 3D ActiveTrak laser, is a very precise correction at each point on the eye, so that each point on the eye gets the correction it needs." says Robert Maloney, M.D., of Los Angeles.

The WavePrint Map is derived from technology first developed to correct distortions of light waves from space. This allowed researchers to accurately view images of stars and planets. The WavePrint Map uses the same technology to measure light waves as they travel through your eye. This technology provides a precise and more detailed analysis of your vision.

This diagnostic information, used in conjunction with other tests such as a standard eye chart reading and corneal topography, allows eye surgeons first of all to determine whether you are a good candidate for laser vision correction; and if so, to personalize your treatment for the best possible result. Check our news link for recent developements.

Patients can visit www.visx.com or call 1-800-246-VISX for more information on WaveScan^TM technology.