Hill Country Eye Center Now Offers FDA-Approved VISX Iris Registration Technology

Austin, TX, April 30, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Accurate alignment is essential to optimizing customized wavefront-guided ablations. VISX Iris Registration Technology makes accurate alignment easer than ever with a fully automated method. The new technology replaces previous methods of attaining alignment, which required the physician to manually place ink marks on the white part of the eye called the sclera.
"Unlike manual, ink-based alignment methods, Iris Registration Technology is not time sensitive," Doctor Restivo said. "This allows me to re-register alignment even if the treatment has been paused or the eye has moved."

How VISX™ Iris Registration Technology Works:
It’s normal for the pupil to shift position from the point of wavefront measurement to the point of treatment. When the CustomVue™ procedure is performed, Iris Registration Technology centers the treatment correctly, independent of changes in the pupil center from measurement to the treatment. One set of measurements are taken with the patient seated at the WaveScan™ System, and another set taken with the patient lying down on the laser bed. Then, the technology employs the iris registration process to ensure accurate treatment placement.

"This is very exciting news," continued Doctor Restivo "VISX Iris Registration Technology makes it easer than ever to achieve accurate alignment with a fully automated, touch-free method.”

Added Benefits For More Patients
Iris Registration Technology is the latest advancement in the VISX CustomVue™ procedure that tailors a distinct correction for each individual based on the unique characteristics of their vision – potentially resulting in the best possible vision for their eyes or what we call Personal Best Vision. Recently, the FDA has approved the CustomVue procedure as the first wavefront-guided treatment for myopia, hyperopia, and mixed astigmatism. The continued expansion of labeling for the CustomVue procedure allows physicians to provide the CustomVue treatment’s added benefits to more patients.

About Vincent Restivo M.D
Vincent Restivo M.D. has been performing laser vision correction since 2001. He was one of the original surgeons in the Austin area to perform Custom Wavefront guided Lasik. Hill Country Eye Center is located at 12171 West Parmer Lane, Cedar Park, Texas.

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