Lasik Surgery Blog

Iris Registration Increases Lasik Precision

A doctor in South Florida has developed a way to make Lasik surgery not only more cost effective but precise as well using a new procedure.

Using a new machine, Dr. Jonathan Frantz uses iris registration to “map points on the iris, and focus the laser using those points.” The cost of this new technology that Dr. Frantz paid is $110, 000.

Dr. Frantz can use iris registration to scan the eye and make a map of it. It is useful because before using iris registration, Dr. Frantz would mark the eye while the person was sitting, but this position would change when they lie down.

The use of iris registration improves Lasik surgery from 97% to 99% efficiency.

Good News In The Future For Lasik Patients Who Develop Presbyopia

In an article written by Shari Roan of the LA Times, people who have had Lasik surgery completed eventually realized that the surgery does not protect them from the presbyopia prevalent at a older age.

However, there might be treatment for this, if the research being conducted by Refractec, Inc.  produces positive results. The study by Refractec, Inc. is based on researching if older post-Lasik surgery patients are able to undergo conductive keratoplasty for their presbyopia.

According to ophthalmologist Dr. Daniel Durrie, “There were no patients who were dissatisfied. There was a significant improvement in near vision, and their distance vision was unaffected”. Dr. Durrie went on to say, “"Patients are very interested in this. These are highly successful Lasik patients who say they'd really like to have a procedure (for presbyopia) that doesn't cut or remove anything. And conductive keratoplasty is a very simple procedure”.

So if further testing show positive results as well, Refractec will petition the FDA to let them carry out the procedure.