Dr. Furlong to Pioneer First FDA-Approved Monovision LASIK
Procedure Treats One Eye to See Far Away Objects and the Other for Close-Up Vision
| Source: Furlong Vision Correction
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - April 30, 2008) - Dr. Michael Furlong, Medical Director of
Furlong Vision Correction (FVC), will be among the first doctors in the
nation to offer CustomVue Monovision LASIK, which expands vision correction
options for adults 40 years and older who are nearsighted and have lost
ability to focus on near objects. FVC is a leading vision correction
center based in San Jose, California.
"With the CustomVue procedure, men and women in their 40s and older may be
able to eliminate their glasses or contacts for up to 90 percent of their
daily activities," said Dr. Furlong. "This is particularly important to the
aging population here in the Bay Area, that is enjoying an increasingly
active lifestyle and regularly working with small electronics products."
CustomVue Monovision LASIK is the first FDA-approved technology that treats
nearsighted (myopic) adults with or without astigmatism, who are also
affected by presbyopia, a gradual loss of flexibility in the natural lens
inside the eye that makes it difficult to read small print. Approximately
90 million people in the U.S. have presbyopia.
CustomVue is designed to correct all nearsightedness in the dominant eye
and part of the nearsightedness in the non-dominant eye, which allows a
patient to use the fully corrected eye for distance vision and the
under-corrected eye for seeing close up. After a brief period of time, the
brain adjusts to the difference in perception between the two eyes.
CustomVue Monovision LASIK is manufactured by AMO/VISX Inc., based in Santa
Clara, Calif.
About Furlong Vision Correction
Furlong Vision Correction is a leading vision correction center based in
San Jose, Calif., with the latest
state-of-the-art technology. The Clinic provides the highest quality
personalized care in LASIK, Custom LASIK, PRK, Custom PRK, CK, ICLs, IOLs
and Cataracts. Dr. Michael Furlong established Furlong Vision Correction
in 1998, specializing in refractive (LASIK) surgery. Since then he has
performed more than 17,000 procedures and is one of the first doctors in
the nation to perform CK (conductive keratoplasty), a non-laser vision
treatment designed to treat presbyopia, or "aging eyes." Furlong Vision is
the only Bay Area TLC Vision associate center, North America's premier eye
care services company. For more information on Furlong Vision, visit
www.furlongvision.com.