CustomVue Laser Vision Correction
with Waveprint Technology

A new, personalized approach to laser vision correction at Missouri Eye Institute

No two eyes are the same. Like your fingerprint or DNA, your vision is unique!

Until now, your treatment was based on diagnostic technology similar to that used for the prescription of eyeglasses or contact lenses. However, with Missouri Eye Institute’s addition of the WavePrint Map,we can produce a precise and more detailed analysis of your vision and provide you with a more personalized approach to laser vision correction.

With the diagnostic and treatment technologies of the WavePrint System, Missouri Eye Institute can develop a personalized laser vision correction plan that addresses your individual needs.

There are two parts to the Missouri Eye Institute’s WavePrint System. First, it includes a diagnostic device that maps the entire optical path of your eye. The WavePrint Map, called the “fingerprint of your vision,” provides the doctor with a precise and detailed analysis of your vision.

Secondly, the WavePrint System includes the VISX laser, which has two exclusive features: Variable Spot Scanning and 3D Active Trak technologies. Variable Spot Scanning allows for a larger treatment area and offers the physicians greater flexibility in developing a more personalized laser vision procedure.

3d Active Trak automatically and instantaneously tracks the tiny motions of your eye in all three dimensions during your laser vision correction. This unique feature means you no longer have to hold your eye perfectly still, but can relax, knowing you are obtaining a correction precisely centered on your eye. The doctor uses these exclusive technologies along with the WavePrint Map to provide custom laser vision correction care based on your personal vision needs.

Wavefront Technology a Revolutionary Advancement

This next generation of LASIK technology is truly the most revolutionary advancement in vision correction since the introduction of the laser. CustomVue with Waveprint Technology treats your eyes uniquely through every stage of the procedure, from the diagnostics and preoperative testing to the actual surgery.

Using the most advanced Waveprint diagnostic equipment and software, we will create maps of each of your eyes. We can then synchronize personal information to our laser. The result is a personalized treatment designed just for you.

Many patients will be able to see better than they could with their glasses or contact lenses. That’s because the maps we create take into account the exact physical details of your eyes- from the smoothness and thickness of your cornea to the size of your pupils and the distance to your retina. We’re even able to detect the tiny imperfections (we call them aberrations) that didn’t even register on tests before this technology.

By taking into account your entire visual spectrum, this Custom Waveprint Technology helps us to get a more accurate view of how light travels through your eye. Once we’ve done the diagnostic work, we will have mapped literally thousands of points over the surface of your cornea.

This individual map is what makes CustomVue with Waveprint Technology so powerful and so unique. You and your friend may both have the same prescription, but because of this new custom procedure, your treatments will not be the same – although you will both end up with much better vision.

Benefits of CustomVue with Waveprint Technology are as follows:

· You are more likely to achieve 20/20 vision.
· You are more likely to achieve better than 20/20 vision.
· Your new unaided vision is more likely to be better than what you previously experienced even with the aid of glasses or contacts.
· You are less likely to have decreased night vision caused by halos and glare.

What to Expect On the Day of Surgery

On the day of your procedure, the specialists at Missouri Eye Institute will create a map of your eyes. Each map is then perfectly aligned with the surface of your corneas to act as a guide for your custom treatment. The doctor will make a small, painless incision to create a flap on the surface of each of your eyes so that the laser can concentrate on your cornea. You don’t have to worry about keeping perfectly still. Our laser is equipped with a radar eye tracker that can keep pace with your movements at 40,000 times per second.

Wavefront Map
"Fingerprint of your vision"

Once the incision is made and the map is in place, our software-guided laser will reshape your cornea and smooth away any surface imperfections before the doctor closes the flap. You can blink now. You’re done. It’s that quick!

How to Schedule an Appointment

If you’re interested in a CustomVue Procedure with Waveprint Technology, you can either make an appointment for a free vision evaluation or sign up for one of our free seminars to learn more from our surgeons.

If you would like, you can use our appointment link. If you’re more comfortable speaking with us in person, you may give us a call at 417-887-3900 or 1-800-383-3831. Our LASIK consultant will answer any of your questions and schedule you for your free LASIK evaluation with one of our surgeons.