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Allegretto WAVE® Eye-Q Lasers Anchor our "All Laser" LASIK Practice in the San Francisco Bay Area
Dr. Scott Hyver is now offering his patients the world's most advanced laser vision correction surgery. It's called "All Laser" LASIK, and it's a safer, more precise and more comfortable approach to correcting your nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.
Unlike older systems that use a surgical blade, "All Laser" LASIK employs a laser at all points of the LASIK surgery procedure, giving Dr. Hyver far greater control over the treatment process. As a result, "All Laser" LASIK patients enjoy better distance vision, both day and night, without the risks of the older technology.
And to ensure you're getting the very best visual results, Dr. Hyver has equipped his San Francisco, San Jose, and Walnut centers with a world-class, "All Laser" LASIK treatment solution, featuring the Allegretto WAVE® Eye-Q Excimer Laser and the Ziemer FEMTO LDV Femtosecond Laser:
 Allegretto WAVE® Eye-Q Excimer Laser
German designed and engineered, the Allegretto WAVE® Eye-Q 400 Hz excimer laser is the world's most advanced system for the treatment of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. Unlike other lasers in the market that were adapted from technology used in semiconductor processing, the WAVE® Eye-Q was specifically and solely designed for laser vision correction.
Using Custom Wavefront technology, Dr. Hyver can precisely customize the treatment plan of the WAVE® Eye-Q laser to the patient's refractive error and corneal curvature. The WAVE® Eye-Q treatment itself is remarkably fast; in fact, there is no faster laser in the U.S.. That means your laser vision correction is completed in seconds -- less than 10 seconds for most prescriptions -- and that during treatment, your eye is not unduly exposed to the environment, thereby avoiding the negative effects of prolonged dehydration of the eye's surface on the quality of your treatment.
In order to ensure the safest treatment possible, the WAVE® Eye-Q laser minutely and continuously adjusts its laser to the position of the patient's eye. Every four to six milliseconds, the eye's location is measured and the internal mirrors of the WAVE® Eye-Q are automatically aligned. Just before the laser's pulse is released, a second check is made to confirm that the eye has not moved. This happens 400 times every second, once for every laser pulse. If, at any time, the eye moves too quickly to be measured or moves out of range, the laser will instantly stop and wait for the eye to return to position.
The combination of speed, control and precision of the WAVE® Eye-Q laser means that patients are likely to enjoy LASIK outcomes that are equal to or even better than what they experience using glasses and contact lenses. For example, in the FDA clinical studies, 93% of the patients saw equal to or better than 20/20, and 76% better than 20/16. And because of its wide optical treatment zones, and its unique ability to adjust laser energy levels to compensate for the curvature of the cornea, the WAVE® Eye-Q produces superb night vision results. In fact, the WAVE® Eye-Q is the only LASIK system recognized by the FDA that is able to preserve or even improve the patient's night vision.
 Ziemer FEMTO LDV Femtosecond Laser
Swiss designed and engineered, the Ziemer FEMTO LDV™ laser is the world's most advanced laser system for creating the corneal flap -- the first step in the LASIK process.
Combined with the Allegretto WAVE® Eye-Q excimer laser system, the Ziemer FEMTO LDV laser enables Dr. Hyver to provide patients a blade-free, "All Laser" LASIK treatment.
The Ziemer FEMTO LDV laser is the fastest femtosecond laser on the market. Within the seconds required to create the corneal flap, the Ziemer laser produces approximately 400 million tiny, closely-spaced gas bubbles (500 times more than other technologies) at a predetermined depth in the corneal layer. These bubbles create the cleavage effect that forms the LASIK flap. This level of resolution enables Dr. Hyver to create LASIK flaps of precise thickness, size, and orientation. And because these gas bubbles are so small, they disappear immediately when the flap is lifted, creating a smoother corneal surface, ideal for the subsequent treatment by the WAVE® Eye-Q laser.
The Ziemer FEMTO LDV laser is also designed to be safer than other femtosecond lasers on the market. For example, the Ziemer laser uses light pulses with much lower pulse energy to create the cleavage bubbles. At the higher pulse energies used in other femtosecond lasers, the intensity of the light may provoke an inflammatory response in the eye, which can be painful and harmful to the patient's vision. No such adverse reactions have ever been reported among patients treated with Ziemer's lower-energy solution.
As a result of Ziemer's innovative design, patients experience less discomfort, faster recovery times, and better visual outcomes.
 Specialized Diagnostic Devices for 3D-Imaging of the Cornea
Unlike most Bay Area LASIK centers, we employ both industry-leading diagnostic instruments for 3D-imaging of the anterior segment of the eye: the Oculus Pentacam and the Bausch and Lomb Orbscan IIz. Among other things, these devices map the topography of your cornea — including its shape, thickness and contour — giving Dr. Hyver essential data with which to determine your candidacy for laser vision correction. And because we employ both of these advanced devices — rather than just one — Dr. Hyver can cross-check the data from the two instruments, giving him a far more refined understanding of your corneal topography and, therefore, the basis for a more accurate assessment of your medical candidacy.
- Kerasonix KSX 1000 Ultrasonic Pachymeter
Advanced, high-precision, ultrasonic instrument for measurement of corneal thickness.
- SciCan Statim 2000 Autoclave
High temperature, high pressure sterilizing system for surgical instruments.
  
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