LADARVision^® System Obtains Broadest Treatment Range for Customized Refractive Surgery

Custom Cornea Laser Eye Surgery Now Available for More Than 90 Percent of Nearsighted Candidates  

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has  approved an expansion of the treatment range for Alcon's customized wavefront-guided LASIK  procedure, CustomCornea. Performed with the LADARVision System, CustomCornea is now approved for treatment of nearsightedness (myopia) up to -8.0 diopters (up from -7.0)  and astigmatism up to -4.0 diopters (up from -0.5).

This approval gives Alcon the broadest wavefront-guided  treatment range  of any refractive laser system in the U.S. The surgeons at Kirk Eye can now use the LADARVision System to treat more than 90 percent of all myopic LASIK patients with the customized procedure. 

With CustomCornea, physicians are able to measure and treat visual abnormalities  that have never been detected before, including those linked to glare, halos and night vision problems. This advanced treatment can provide patients with better quality of vision after  surgery than they had
with contacts or glasses.

"We are very pleased that wavefront-guided LASIK procedure is now available for  so many patients," said Kent Kirk, M.D. "Since most vision correction patients suffer from some combination of nearsighted and astigmatism, the vast majority of vision care patients now have the potential to improve  their quality of vision with CustomCornea."

Further clinical trials are ongoing to demonstrate the effectiveness of the LADARVision System for wavefront-guided treatment of farsightedness (hyperopia) with and without astigmatism, and for the treatment of eyes with other symptoms, such as pre-existing night vision problems and post-LASIK complications.

Alcon, Inc. is the world’s leading eye care company. Alcon, which has been dedicated to the ophthalmic industry for more than 50 years, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, surgical equipment and devices, contact lens solutions and other vision care products that treat diseases, disorders and other conditions of the eye.