Tech Transfer Spotlights
Intralase
"A computer driven, high precision
scalpel for eye surgery" is how entrepreneur and UM Adjunct Professor of
Ophthalmology Ronald M. Kurtz describes the INTRALASE® FS Laser. As the
newest product available from IntraLase Corp., a company he co-founded
in 1997 with then UM colleague Tibor Juhasz, PhD, the laser was
introduced early last year for use in corneal transplants and vision
correction procedures. The INTRALASE FS replaces a mechanical device
known as a microkeratome, enabling ophthalmic surgeons to create a
corneal flapÑthe first step in any LASIK procedureÑwith maximum accuracy
and virtually no trauma to the outer surface of the cornea.
The technology behind the INTRALASE FS
laser was the result of a close collaboration between researchers at the
Center for Ultrafast Optical Sciences (CUOS) and physicians and
researchers at the UM Kellogg Eye Center. The femto-second laser,
pioneered at CUOS, provided significant benefits when applied to new
techniques for laser eye surgery in collaborative work with the
researchers of the Kellogg Eye Center. Other laser-enhanced ophthalmic
applications are now in the process of being explored and tested.
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