Global eye care company Alcon unveiled earlier this week new software and hardware enhancements to the WaveLight Refractive Suite, a platform designed to provide surgeons and patients a more comfortable and efficient LASIK experience. In addition to delivering the fastest total refractive procedure in the U.S., the new platform offers a modernized user interface, ergonomic design and expanded equipment color options. The updates will redefine how surgeons engage the WaveLight Refractive Suite when performing procedures with Contoura Vision – the first and only topography-guided LASIK treatment.
The new suite enhancements will also seamlessly integrate with Contoura Vision, providing surgeons true topography guidance and the unique ability to “map” the corneal features and imperfections of each eye using 22,000 data points from the WaveLight Topolyzer™ VARIO. In a clinical trial, 92.6% of eyes treated with Contoura Vision achieved 20/20 vision or better.1
The new software updates also enhance the graphical user interface (GUI) of the Suite’s WaveNet™ Planning Station, EX500 excimer laser and the FS200 Femtosecond laser – improving intuitiveness and workflow as surgeons use Contoura Vision to develop a customized treatment plan for patients. The treatment is then programmed for execution by the advanced laser system of the WaveLight technology, which consistently delivers an accurate, safe and the highest individualized LASIK experience.
To better assist the surgeon’s ability to provide exceptional treatment for patients, several enhancements to the Suite include:
- Ergonomic additions to improve surgeon comfort and efficiency, such as a heads up display for the surgeon’s dominant eye and a clearly arranged control panel
- Higher-contrast GUI and a back-lit keyboard to optimize surgeon comfort while working in the dim lighting that is common in procedure rooms
- Updates to the laser designed to reduce the procedure time, maximize patient comfort and mitigate increases in intraocular pressure
- New key switch and emergency laser emission stop switch to allow the surgeon to turn the laser system on/off and shut down the device immediately in case of an emergency
Alcon is also unveiling a new color option, Ivory White, that will join the platform’s standard color of Sapphire Blue. The new offering will allow surgeons to harmonize the design of the WaveLight Refractive Suite with their existing center.
Newly purchased suites will automatically include the software and hardware updates, and currently installed systems are being updated with the software enhancements. To learn more about these WaveLight Refractive Suite enhancements, visit MyAlcon.com.
See the full news release from Alcon.