WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser FAQs

The WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser, from Alcon Surgical, has FDA-approval and uses the flexible performance of Wavefront Optimized® LASIK technology. with speed, accuracy and safety. The surgeon is provided with the ability to precisely coordinate and align the position of both the head and the eyes.

The WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser procedure uses advanced wavefront technology to compensate for the curvature of the cornea and preserve its shape, effectively reducing side effects such as poor night vision, glare and halos. Each laser vision correction procedure is customized for the refraction and corneal curvature of each patient.

Yes, this procedure can be used to treat nearsighted patients up to -10.00 diopters with or without astigmatism, with up to 6.00 diopters of astigmatism, and farsighted patients up to 4.00 diopters with or without astigmatism, with up to 6.0 diopters of astigmatism.

The WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser offers patients many benefits over other laser systems during the LASIK procedure, including increased speed, accuracy and safety.

Some of the benefits offered by this laser system include:

• Maintains the natural shape of the cornea
• Does not induce higher order aberration
• More accurate eye tracker
• Wavefront Technology
• Perfect Pulse Technology
• Faster pulse rate than any other laser
• Larger pupil treatment areas
• Fewer side effects

The WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser takes a different approach to reshaping the cornea. While the normal shape of the cornea is higher in the center (prolate), most lasers flatten the cornea and make it oblate, which can lead to spherical aberration and a lower quality of vision, especially at night. Many patients experience glares or halos after their LASIK procedure.

The WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser maintains a prolate curvature while treating the cornea both centrally and peripherally. This offers patients improved vision quality during day and night.

The WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser procedure uses advanced wavefront technology to compensate for the curvature of the cornea and preserve its shape, which effectively reduces side effects such as poor night vision, glare and halos. Each procedure is customized for the refraction and corneal curvature of each patient.

Previous laser vision correction techniques focused only on the centered front of the cornea, resulting in a flattened circular area that ended abruptly and created spherical aberrations that could lead to unwanted side effects. The WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser tracks pupils to automatically center and provide centered ablations.

Perfect Pulse Technology controls every single pulse transmitted by the laser, to ensure the accuracy, safety and speed of the procedure. With this monitoring, only every fifth pulse overlaps a previous one, reducing the risk of overheating the cornea. This also adds to the speed, precision and safety offered by the WaveLight® Allegretto Wave® Eye-Q Laser system.