Z-Lasik, A new platform for Femto-Lasik surgeries: Low Energy for superior vision correction
LASIK, the most popular and most widely used procedure for vision correction, has been perfected in millions of successful operations over the past 20 years. Now, with Z-LASIK, a technologically advanced system is available to bring top-quality LASIK to every refractive practice.
Z-LASIK is a LASIK procedure performed with the Ziemer FEMTO LDV Femtosecond Surgical Laser in conjunction with any one of the leading excimer lasers. With the combined use of state of-the-art lasers and diagnostic equipment, Z-LASIK provides the best currently available treatment for superior vision correction.
Z-LASIK is a completely different treatment in fundamental ways. Ziemer's FEMTO LDV is not just another femtosecond laser or similar to existing machine in the market. Compared to these conventional femtolasers, the FEMTO LDV operates at pulse rates that are orders of magnitude higher, pulse energies that are much lower, and delivery optics that are very tightly focused for maximum tissue disruption in the focal spot and no thermal or radiation effects to the surrounding tissue. With Ziemer’s tissue separation process gas creation is very little. As a result, bubbles disappear immediately after the flap is lifted. Furthermore, no significant Opaque Bubble Layer (OBL) are observed and bubbles in the anterior chamber and Transient Light Sensitivity (TLS) problems were never reported to date. Unlike other femtolaser-based treatments, Z-LASIK is a highly integrated procedure, giving surgical teams a time-efficient workflow.

This new platform adds to the Lasik procedure convincing clinical advantages such as:

• Smooth surface of stromal bed.
• Smooth edges for optimal flap closure.

• Thin flaps of even thickness.

• Rapid healing and visual recovery.

• Excellent visual outcomes.

Product Overview
Due to its unique hand-held laser delivery system, which is attached to an easily maneuverable articulated arm, patients can be treated on the patient bed of the excimer laser and do not have to be relocated between flap creation and ablation procedures. The surgeon can perform and control the entire procedure from a single working position, without having to move about or changing microscopes.
 

Ziemer’s LDV femtosecond Laser fits your Lasik work flow like a traditional microkeratome This revolutionary design concept entails several major advantages in clinical practice:
As the FEMTO LDV’s laser energy is deployed from a hand-piece, which is placed on the patient’s eye and manually controlled by the surgeon, a procedure results that resembles the operation of a traditional microkeratome. The sterile single-use parts of the hand-piece, which are provided in convenient, assorted ProcedurePacks, are assembled before the procedure is started and before the patient’s eye is touched. Similarly, the components are disassembled after the complete (usually bilateral) procedure is completed.
For fixation, the hand-piece incorporates a vacuum suction ring, which is available for a range of flap diameters from 8.5 to 10 mm. The ring is mounted over the applanation window on the underside of the handpiece. Positioning, applanation, and suction are controlled visually through the handpiece observation window and the excimer laser's microscope. Thus, the surgeon has control over the procedure add the patient experiences less stress.
Medicals International team is ready to give more information for interested surgeons and provide full assistance for new users. Do not hesitate to contact our representative in your country.