It’s not just where you have LASIK, but who performs it.
At Travers LASIK, our goal is to provide you with the safest, most advanced laser vision correction experience available. Every laser we use is selected not only for performance, but for how it enhances precision, safety, and comfort in your procedure. Below, you’ll find detailed info on our cutting-edge laser systems — starting with our newest addition, the Ziemer Z8.
At Travers Lasik Vision Care, we make it a priority to have the latest, most state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment available to LASIK surgeons. We feel it is necessary to offer patients the most advanced diagnostic technology to help determine what type of vision procedure is best for our patients and to create the most comprehensive vision care plan possible. By having these three state-of-the-art diagnostic machines at Travers Lasik Vision Care, Dr. Travers can better choose who is a good candidate for laser vision correction. Dr. Travers analyzes all of the data from these pictures to customize each patient’s treatment. Most laser vision correction clinics do not utilize three diagnostic machines.
We utilize the Ziemer FEMTO LDV Z8, a next-generation femtosecond laser platform designed to enhance precision, safety, and visualization during laser vision correction procedures.
The Z8 operates using a low-energy laser system with tightly overlapping pulses. This approach allows for exceptionally smooth and precise corneal cuts while minimizing stress to surrounding tissue. The result is improved accuracy, consistency, and a gentle treatment experience.
One of the defining features of the Z8 is its integrated intraoperative OCT (optical coherence tomography) imaging. This technology provides real-time visualization of the eye’s structures during the procedure, giving the surgical team enhanced insight and control at every step — from docking to flap creation. This live imaging supports refined precision and helps ensure optimal positioning and treatment accuracy.
The Ziemer FEMTO LDV Z8 is used to perform Z-LASIK, an all-laser (bladeless) LASIK procedure. Unlike older techniques that may use a blade to create the corneal flap, Z-LASIK relies entirely on laser technology throughout the process. This laser-only approach allows for:
Patients often experience fast recovery times, minimal post-operative discomfort, and clear, high-definition vision following treatment.
By incorporating the Ziemer FEMTO LDV Z8 into our laser suite, we are able to provide advanced imaging, refined control, and a highly precise laser vision correction experience tailored to each individual patient.
The Ziemer Z8 is a next-generation femtosecond laser platform engineered for exceptional flexibility, low-energy performance, and seamless integration in refractive and therapeutic eye surgery.
Integrating the Z8 as part of our laser suite gives us enhanced control over every step of your procedure — from docking to cut — and allows us to tailor each treatment with refined precision and safety.
Z-LASIK is bladeless, laser-only (all laser) LASIK, performed by Ziemer’s FEMTO LDV femtosecond laser. The Swiss designed laser is the very first compact femtosecond surgical laser, and Z-LASIK employs all-laser technology throughout the entire procedure (unlike other methods of laser vision correction).
Overall, Z-LASIK offers the utmost safety, high definition vision clarity, and the most accuracy of any laser in its class. Patients enjoy a fast recovery time, little post-operative discomfort and astonishing results.
Some of the clinical advantages of Ziemer’s FEMTO LDV are:
This recently FDA-approved platform laser was designed especially for custom laser vision correction.
People having LASIK or other refractive procedures with Alcon Wavelight benefit from the laser’s unique ability to reshape the eye while compensating for the cornea’s naturally aspheric (not perfectly round) shape.
Unlike older excimer lasers, which remove eye tissue in a central, flat manner that creates an edge, Alcon Wavelight’s PerfectPulse technology evenly applies tiny pinpoints of laser pulses specifically adjusted to each eye’s specific curvature. With this unique system, eye tissue is re-formed in a smooth, consistent manner that provides the very best vision results.
First and foremost, the Alcon Wavelight can treat a larger area within the eye’s targeted treatment zone. This means a far reduced chance of side effects such as seeing halos around headlights and bright lights at night. These side effects can occur at night or in darkened rooms when the eye’s pupil widens and expands beyond the area of the cornea that received laser correction.
The Alcon Wavelight laser was designed by WaveLight, the company that pioneered wavefront technology. Wavefront measurements provide meticulously detailed information that can help eye surgeons address even obscure defects in the eye’s optical system known as higher-order aberrations.
WaveLight Vario Topolyzer is an advanced eye-mapping device. The Topolyzer gathers nearly 22,000 points of data on the cornea.
This information and data is seamlessly integrated into The WaveLight EX500 excimer laser for the perfect custom LASIK surgery.
By utilizing the Vario Topolyzer, Dr. Travers can customize Lasik procedures to treat each patient’s specific visual axis as well as utilize iris registration capabilities to have their Lasik treatment applied to the cornea avoiding any cyclo-rotation of the eye.
