Service At Maloney Vision Institute

At Maloney Vision Institue we take pride in having the knowledge, experience and technology to address a wide variety of vision correction needs for our patients.

LASIK

During LASIK, a thin layer of tissue is folded back from the surface of the cornea. After the laser reshapes the cornea, the tissue is folded back into place, where it bonds quickly. At the Maloney Vision Institute, we use a state-of-the-art, VISX S4 eye-tracking laser—flying spot laser that produces an exceptionally smooth treatment. This three-minute procedure requires no needles and no stitches.

LASIK can be used to treat nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.

Healing for most patients is so fast that vision can improve within hours of the procedure, and many patients return to work the next day.

CustomVue™ Improves the View of Laser Vision Correction.

With CustomVue™ which is an advanced type of LASIK surgery called Wavefront Guided Laser Eye Surgery, a new standard is established, providing a precise level of measurement and correction never before possible.

Using WaveScan® based digital technology, originally developed for use in high-powered telescopes to reduce distortions when viewing distant objects in space, we can now identify, measure and correct imperfections in an individual's eyes 25 times more precisely than with standard methods used for glasses and contact lenses. This information is transferred to the laser, providing a new level of precision and accuracy.

Reach the full potential of your vision.

The pattern of visual imperfections in your eye is as unique to you as your fingerprint. Before these recent advancements in technology, we were only able to use standard measurements to correct vision, meaning that prescriptions could only provide a certain level of correction regardless of an individual's needs.

CustomVue™ allows us to measure these visual imperfections at 200 individual points. We can treat each of the 200 points individually to create a personalized vision correction that is ideal for you. This treatment can potentially provide vision better than you have ever experienced with glasses or contact lenses.

Great results by day and by night.

One year after the CustomVue™ procedure, patients in a clinical study reported these great results without glasses or contact lenses:

• 100% could pass a driving test
• 98% could see 20/20 or better
• 70% could see 20/16 or better

In the clinical study, four times as many people were very satisfied with their night vision after the procedure as compared to their night vision before with glasses or contact lenses.

Conductive Keratoplasty (CK)

If you have good distance vision and are tired of your reading glasses, Conductive Keratoplasty, or CK, may be perfect for you. CK utilizes localized radio-frequency energy to gently reshape the cornea. This simple, non-laser procedure, requires no tissue removal. Conductive Keratoplasty can significantly improve reading vision in patients who are good candidates for this procedure.

Not a Candidate for LASIK?

Verisyse Implantable Contact Lens

People with extreme nearsightedness or farsightedness may not be suitable candidates for LASIK surgery, but may benefit from an Verisyse lens, which is a special contact lens that is implanted behind the cornea. Maloney Vision Institute and Dr. Maloney were key participants and contributors to the FDA Clinical Trials that allowed this technology to be introduced to US patients .This procedure is now FDA approved in the United States and in conjunction with the extensive European studies, we  have found that this lens can offer accurate, safe correction of vision.

LASEK & PRK

These procedures are similar to LASIK, except that a tissue flap is not created. The laser treatment is done on the surface of the eye after removing the outer layer of cells. LASEK and PRK are suitable for people whose corneas are too thin or too curved to be good candidates for standard LASIK. With LASEK and PRK, healing time is slightly longer than with LASIK, and good vision is achieved in four to seven days.

In general, the conditions we're able to treat include nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia) and astigmatism.

We like our patients to be at least 18 years of age, have healthy corneas, and to have had stable vision over the past year.

We treat complications from previous vision correction surgeries.

If you have had problems with a vision correction procedure elsewhere, don't despair. Come see us. We have a variety of techniques to help you, including Custom-CAP and therapeutic Wavefront Guided LASIK.

Custom Contoured Ablation Pattern (Custom-CAP)

Custom-CAP is a laser procedure that uses a special computer program to design an ablation (tissue removal) pattern to correct irregularities in the surface of the cornea that were caused by earlier surgeries, such as improperly performed LASIK. This can correct the visual symptoms that were caused by the surface irregularities.

Therapeutic Wavefront Guided LASIK

This new technique may correct imperfections in eyes caused by prior vision correction surgery. Wavefront analysis of the eye yields the precise focusing errors that are then corrected by custom laser guidance.