IntraLase is the first blade-free laser technology for performing the first step of the LASIK laser eye surgeryprocedure: creating the corneal flap.

Prior to IntraLase laser, this first step was done manually using a hand-held device with an oscillating metal razor blade, called a microkeratome. While LASIK laser eye surgery has proven to be a successful and relatively safe procedure, the majority of complications with LASIK surgery arise from the use of microkeratomes.

IntraLase laser makes LASIK laser eye surgery safer by replacing the hand-held microkeratome blade with the silent computer-guided precision of a laser, virtually eliminating severe sight-threatening blade-related LASIK complications as a result.

IntraLase laser delivers micron-level accuracy more than 100 times greater than a microkeratome.