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Learn about this pioneering laser system. - Advanced Capabilities
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Learn what makes the LenSx® Laser unique.
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The LenSx® Laser is a fully-integrated, image-guided femtosecond laser designed specifically for refractive cataract surgery. Using a customizable 3-D surgical platform, it allows you to visualize, customize and perform many of the most challenging steps of cataract surgery:
- Anterior capsulotomy
- Lens fragmentation
- All corneal incisions
Developed for Your Success
Alcon is proud to introduce the LenSx® Laser to the ophthalmic community. A defining addition to our suite of refractive cataract surgery products, the LenSx® Laser marks the introduction of Laser Refractive Cataract Surgery.
Manufactured in our state-of-the-art facility in Aliso Viejo, California, each system is crafted to deliver a new dimension of precision for ophthalmic surgeons and their patients.
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The LenSx® Laser is the first femtosecond laser cleared by the FDA for use in cataract surgery. The system is indicated for:
- Anterior capsulotomy
- Lens fragmentation
- All corneal incisions
The LenSx® Laser brings a new level of precision to these surgical steps through a number of high-tech features:
- Real-time video imaging with integrated OCT. Provides three-dimensional visualization of the entire anterior segment during docking, planning and procedure.
- Curved patient interface. Designed for patient comfort, ease of use and optimal laser performance.
- Intuitive touch screen graphic user interface. Allows each step of the procedure to be easily planned, customized and executed.
- True image-guided surgical planning. Enables the surgeon to precisely program the size, shape and location of each incision.
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The LenSx® Laser uses focused femtosecond laser pulses to create incisions in the lens capsule, crystalline lens and the cornea. This results in treatments that are tailored to your specifications and deliver a remarkable degree of accuracy.
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- Overview
Optimize the surgery experience. - Patient Interface
A key component in creating an ideal operating environment. - Customization Interfaces
Extend your expertise. - Onboard OCT
View images of the eye.
The LenSx® Laser allows for visualization of the entire anterior segment during docking, planning and procedure.
From docking to planning and the procedure itself, the LenSx® Laser offers multiple visualization options:
- Using the video microscope and integrated real-time OCT, you guide the patient interface and gently dock with the eye.
- The display panel and surgical display allow you to visually customize the procedure.
- The integrated OCT provides complete visualization of the anterior segment during each phase of the procedure.
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A disposable, single-use, curved patient interface is used to dock with the patient's eye.
This curved patient interface is designed for patient comfort, ease of use, and optimal laser performance.
Surgeons guide and gently dock the disposable patient interface using the video microscope and integrated real-time OCT.
The unique shape of the patient interface helps maintain a more natural curvature of the patient's cornea. This helps to improve surgical accuracy during the LenSx® Laser procedure.
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You can customize every incision with the LenSx® Laser.
The LenSx® Laser features two monitors for customization:
The Display Panel
Offering a wide range of options, the touch screen-enabled graphic user interface allows you to make pinpoint decisions about the size, shape and duration of each cut.
The Surgical Display
Combining a video microscope with an optical coherence tomographer (OCT), the surgical display provides real-time, three-dimensional visualization of the entire anterior segment during docking, planning and procedure.
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The LenSx® Laser features an onboard, proprietary optical coherence tomographer (OCT) in conjunction with a video microscope, to provide three-dimensional visualization of the anterior segment. It can visualize multiple views, including:
Side View, Capsular Bag
Topographic View, Lens
Side View, Cornea
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- Customization Overview
A range of options to extend your expertise. - Display Panel
Plan your procedure. - Surgical Display
Adjust surgical options in real time.
Customization Overview
Every patient is unique – just as every surgeon has a unique approach to performing refractive cataract surgery. The LenSx® Laser recognizes both, with a range of customization options to extend your expertise to every patient you see.
The LenSx® Laser allows you to create precise, repeatable incisions using your preferred settings. By automating some of the most challenging steps of cataract surgery, the LenSx® Laser helps to streamline subsequent steps of the procedure – allowing you to precisely create all incisions and perform lens removal and IOL implementation with increased confidence.
Customize refractive cataract surgery through both the graphic user interface and video microscope.
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The LenSx® Laser features two monitors, each of which controls a variety of surgical settings. The left monitor, or display panel, allows you to make preoperative decisions about the procedure. Customize everything from the major facets of surgery – the number of incisions performed and incision pattern – to fine details about a patient-specific application.
The LenSx® Laser also allows you to store a number of profiles that you can bring up, modify and reuse for new patients.
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Position the capsulorhexis, lens treatment and each incision using the right monitor, or surgical display. This interface shows the eye using a video microscope and optical coherence tomographer (OCT). It allows you to visually adjust each aspect of surgery to achieve the results you desire.
This interface allows you to customize multiple aspects of surgery:
| Surgical Step | Visual Customization |
| Primary and secondary corneal incisions | • Horizontal and vertical position • Orientation • Number of planes • Angle of planes |
| Capsulotomy | • Orientation • Diameter of capsulorhexis • Depth |
| Lens fragmentation | • Depth of lens fragmentation • Pattern |
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- LenSx® Laser Procedure Overview Learn about Laser Refractive Cataract Surgery.
- Anterior Capsulotomy
Create a precisely sized and centered capsulotomy. - Lens Fragmentation
Customize the fragmentation pattern. - Primary and Secondary Incisions
Create true multi-plane corneal incisions.
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Once the patient is docked and settings have been confirmed, the surgeon depresses the foot pedal to initiate the laser procedure:
Capsulotomy
A perfectly sized and centered capsulotomy is formed.
Lens Fragmentation
The lens is fragmented into the desired pattern.
Primary and Secondary Incisions
Primary and secondary incisions are created.
Arcuate Incisions
If arcuate incisions have been selected, these are created during this step.
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Using the LenSx® Laser, you can precisely center the capsulorhexis and determine the diameter and depth of the anterior capsulotomy.
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Lens Fragmentation
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The LenSx® Laser performs lens fragmentation, creating easily dissected segments for efficient removal with reduced phaco power.
The system allows you to set the lens fragmentation pattern, from pie cuts to complete liquefaction.
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Primary and Secondary Incisions
The primary and secondary incisions are created with the LenSx® Laser. The size and degree of each incision and its orientation are customizable. Single-plane, two-plane, or three-plane incisions may be created, depending on your preference.
Here's a sample of the cut patterns you can create:
Single-plane cut
Two-plane cut
Three-plane cut
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