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Allegretto WAVE® Eye-Q Lasers Anchor our Custom LASIK Practice in the San Francisco Bay Area
Dr. Scott Hyver offers his patients the most advanced laser vision correction treatment platform in North America, featuring the Allegretto WAVEŽ Eye-Q Excimer Laser and the Ziemer FEMTO LDV Femtosecond Laser. Together, these systems provide an ultra-precise, true "all- laser" correction of a patient's nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. These and the other surgical and diagnostic systems below are installed at our San Francisco Bay Area LASIK centers in Daly City, Santa Clara and San Ramon:
 Allegretto WAVE® Eye-Q Excimer Laser
German designed and engineered, the Allegretto WAVEŽ 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 WAVEŽ Eye-Q was specifically and solely designed for laser vision correction.
Using Wavefront technology, Dr. Hyver can precisely customize the treatment plan of the WAVEŽ Eye-Q laser to the patient's refractive error and corneal curvature. The WAVEŽ Eye-Q treatment itself is remarkably fast; in fact, there is no faster laser in the U.S.. That means your 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 WAVEŽ Eye-Q laser minutely and continuously adjusts its laser to the position of the patient's eye. Every four to six milliseconds, the eyes location is measured and the internal mirrors of the WAVEŽ 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 WAVEŽ 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 WAVEŽ Eye-Q produces superb night vision results. In fact, the WAVEŽ 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 WAVEŽ 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 few 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 WAVEŽ 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.
 Bausch and Lomb® Orbscan II
The most advanced corneal mapping system available, the Bausch & Lomb Orbscan II is considered the "gold standard" among LASIK professionals. The system performs simultaneous measurements of the front and back surfaces of the cornea, as well as pupil size and thickness, throughout the entire cornea. Algorithms designed to pick up early stages of corneal diseases ensure that prospective patients are properly screened for laser vision correction.
- 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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