VISUMAX® 500kHz
And now, we’re very proud to say that we remain at the forefront of laser eye surgery, with the introduction of the revolutionary ReLEx SMILE 3D surgery, using the VisuMax 500kHz laser system from the German high-tech company Carl Zeiss. The VisuMax 500kHz Femtosecond Laser uses light pulses which are so short, and yet so intensive, that they do not heat or damage the surrounding tissue at all. Surgeons has been successfully using this system since 2006 in laser eye surgery. However, the experts at ZEISS have now completed their collaboration with practicing surgeons to develop the ultimate expression of the advantages of their unique Femtosecond Laser - a procedure called ReLEx SMILE 3D.
This new method permits absolutely minimally invasive laser correction of visual defects for the first time. It has resulted in laser eye surgery’s first true “keyhole surgery” procedure - flapless, painless and with an extremely fast recovery period.
VisuMax from ZEISS brochure
Defining the pulse rate in refractive surgery