Bausch & Lomb

The Bausch & Lomb Technolas® 217 www.bauschvisioncorrection.com/dishlerlaserinstitute/ The Bausch & Lomb Technolas® 217 is the newest generation of scanning excimer lasers and is the leading laser of choice in Europe and worldwide. Designed specifically for LASIK, the Technolas® 217 makes broad beam systems.that were designed for PRK. relatively primitive by comparison. This new technology goes a step beyond the current standard of broad beam (about a 6mm diameter) technology, creating a new therapeutic approach with a scanner-directed 2mm "flying spot" beam. Rather than mechanically manipulating a broad beam of laser energy as it rotates across the cornea, the Technolas® 217 utilizes a scanner-directed narrow laser beam (2mm diameter). Following the computer's instructions, this precise spot of laser energy contacts the eye at lightning speed and removes the corneal tissue, allowing each pulse to polish the corneal surface. Unlike the broad beam, the full width of the 2mm flying spot beam is placed on the cornea during each pulse. This translates into a smoother corneal shape and increases the accuracy and efficiency of the surgery. Also unlike broad beam lasers, the Technolas® 217 scanner-feedback mechanism ensures that every pulse is placed exactly as prescribed, and no laser shots are fired at consecutive locations, or over-lap. This new technology, of utilizing a small beam profile, allows the surgeon to flatten the cornea centrally, and then "polish" the periphery, or transition zone. This produces an extremely smooth cornea and very subtle blend cones out to 8mm and beyond, which may help with minimizing night-glare problems. In short, what the new Bausch and Lomb Technolas® 217 brings to laser vision correction is precision. The smaller beam profile allows the surgeon to remove a minute amount of tissue from precise spots of the cornea without disrupting the adjacent areas. This gives the surgeon a more precise surgical tool for the treatment of refractive error and helps promote better surgical outcomes. (An analogy that comes to mind is that of painting the Mona Lisa with a house painter's brush or using an artist's brush. The final painting might have looked substantially different!) At Dishler Laser Institute we have the new B&L Technolas® 217 lasers, on site at our DTC location.