Davis Eye Center Technology

Your firmest assurance of achieving the best vision possible is choosing a skilled surgeon who is using the most advanced technology available. Since Davis Eye Center is privately owned, Dr. Davis has always been free to choose the best technology on the market for our patients.

Each generation of newer technology solves issues that earlier technology could not address. The lasers used today at Davis Eye Center achieve significantly better results, with greater patient comfort, than earlier systems.

The Intralase™ Blade-Free Laser and the Visx S4 IR™ Excimer Laser produce the best results LASIK has ever achieved.

Blade-Free Technology

The first phase in LASIK is the creation of the protective corneal flap, which is achieved by temporarily separating the outer layer of the cornea so that the refractive error within the cornea can be corrected. This allows the excimer laser used during LASIK to work directly on the cornea without having to pass through other tissue.

In the early stages of LASIK, this flap was created using an oscillating hand-held blade called a microkeratome. With today’s all-laser LASIK, the corneal flap is now created using the blade-free Intralase™ laser, resulting in greater accuracy and even greater patient comfort.

Excimer Laser Technology

The earliest LASIK technology occasionally produced night vision issues, such as haloes or in some cases starbursts. The technical limitations of these early lasers eliminated some patients from being good candidates, which prevented many would-be LASIK patients from enjoying the benefits of clear, natural lens-free vision.

Davis Eye Center uses the Visx S4™ with Iris Recognition, which is the most advanced excimer laser system today. This means the state-of-the-art technology available at Davis Eye Center can treat the characteristics that are unique to your eye and quickly correct your refractive error with the highest accuracy possible. Many of our patients end up with vision that is far better than they could achieve with glasses or contact lenses.

Visx S4™ with Iris Recognition Broad Beam Excimer Laser

  • Delivers benefits of Iris Registration (IR) which compensates for eye movement
  • Conserves tissue by optimizing treatment times and minimizing thermal effects on the cornea
  • Minimizes additional time for Wavefront-guided custom treatment over conventional treatment
  • Eliminates the need for dilation; the laser tracks on the natural pupil

Adjusts for any eye movement with ActiveTrak™ to further improve treatment accuracy