Firsts In Our Field

Firsts in Our Field of Cataract & LASIK Care

The Cataract & Lasik Center of Utah is committed to providing our patients the best service and technology available. We have often acquired the latest ophthalmic equipment for our center long before even the large hospitals, surgicenters, or multi-doctor ophthalmic practices in our area. We are also committed to bringing this state-of -the-art technology to you at a reasonable cost. We do this by having our own Medicare-certified surgical center in which we are able to contain costs and pass the savings on to you.

Firsts in Utah - Cataract & Lasik Center of Utah

First Medicare-Certified Eye Surgical Center - January, 1987

First Medicare-Certified Single Specialty Ambulatory Surgical Center - January, 1987

First LASIK Surgeon-Owned Excimer Laser - September, 1998 - eliminating 3rd party corporate fees

First WavePrint Wavefront Analyzer - July 9, 2002 - detects and measures higher order aberrations previously undetected in eye examinations to determine candidacy for laser vision correction

First VISX Stars S4 Laser - October, 2002 - with Active Trak Auto Centering 3D Eye Tracker

First IntraLase Laser - July 4, 2003 - takes the blade out of LASIK, making it a safer, all-laser procedure

First Wavefront Aberrormeter with Fourier Analysis - 2004 - uses 100% of wavefront data

Firsts in Utah County - Cataract & Lasik Center of Utah

First Phacoemulsification Machine - 1987 - for small incision cataract surgery

First In-Office YAG Laser - 1987 - for "secondary cataract"

First Topographer - 1993 - maps shape of outer corneal surface

First Temperature & Humidity Controlled Laser Center - September, 1998

First Fixed-Site (non-mobile) Excimer Laser for laser vision correction - September, 1998

First Orbscan II - May, 2000 - maps shape of inner and outer corneal surfaces and thickness of the entire cornea to determine candidacy for laser vison correction 

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