Therapeutic applications of excimer photorefractive keratectomy (prk) are limited by epithelial growth mechanisms that produce a flattening of the cornea. this physiological healing response can cause a high degree of hyperopia to result in patients who have avoided corneal transplants by having had… More

We intend to generate prescribed negative cylinder excimer laser ablations using technology analogous to that presently being used for the correction of myopia in human clinical trials. the device would correct high amounts of astigmatism for which treatment with glasses and contact lenses is… More