Supposedly, if the patient's pupil doesn't need to be dilated (as with broadbeam lasers, and some scanning lasers so the eyetracker can lock on to the eye), 15-30 minutes or more can be eliminated from the total time the patient spends in the clinic, thereby increasing patient volume per laser, increasing operating margins.
The LaserSight LSX model's eyetracker can supposedly track on a non-dilated pupil (in addition to doing advanced-stage glaucoma treatments, though this in going thru trials). Autonomous's laser needs pupil dilation, as do all broadbeam lasers, since centration with broadbeams is accomplished by sighting on the fully-dilated pupil, which fully dilates to 6mm in most people.
(Scanning lasers with eyetrackers don't need manual centration, but the eyetrackers need some reference point to lock on to.) |
