Conductive Keratoplasty

If you're over 40, and having trouble with your vision, you're not alone. Millions of people your age are having trouble reading without glasses. At this stage of your life, your eyes are beginning to lose their ability to focus on close objects. Don't worry - it's not a medical problem! It's a very common ailment that is typically the result of presbyopia, or farsightedness.

Luckily for you, you live in a time where opthomology is constantly turning out revolutionary procedures to help you with these kinds of ailments. Your procedure? NearVisionSM CK (Conductive Keratoplasty). It's a brief outpatient procedure that usese radiofrequency energy instead of a laser to reduce your dependence on reading glasses. CK changes how light is actually focused in your retina by reshaping your cornea. The procedure is performed using a small probe, thinner than a strand of hair, that releases the radiofrequency energy. The probe is applied in a circular pattern on the outer cornea to shrink small areas of the corneal tissue. The whole procedure takes less than 3 minutes, and requires only a topical anesthesia (eye drops).

In some cases, CK eliminates the need for glasses in people over 40 completely. In most, it alows you to read the menu at the restaurant or the Sunday Newspaper without reaching for your glasses. Ask your surgeon if you're a good candidate for CK.

How CK works

Conductive KeratoplastySM (CK) changes how light is focused on your eye by reshaping the surface of your eye (cornea).

When the shape is changed, light can be refocused on the correct part of your eye (retina). CK uses the controlled release of RF energy to shrink corneal tissue. This reshaping steepens the cornea and allows light to properly focus on the retina again, improving near vision.

CK is performed using a small probe, thinner than a strand of human hair, that releases radiofrequency (RF) energy.

The probe is applied in a circular pattern on the outer cornea to shrink small areas of corneal tissue. This circular shrinkage pattern creates a constrictive band (like the tightening of a belt), increasing the overall curvature of the cornea. The procedure, which takes less than three minutes, is done in-office with only topical anesthesia (eye drops). CK is the first alternative to laser for hyperopia.