Thousands of Denver and Colorado Springs residents who are sick of their reading glasses will welcome the introduction of conductive keratoplasty (CK) to the Denver market. “Busy professionals hate the hassle of reading glasses,” said ophthalmologist Paul Cutarelli, M.D. “CK turns back the clock on aging eyes.”

Although more than 50,000 CK procedures have been performed since the system was approved, the procedure is just now making its way into Denver and Colorado Springs.

Refractec’s proprietary ViewPoint CK System is the first and only vision technology approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the millions of baby boomers with presbyopia. Greek for “aging eyes,” presbyopia is the nation’s most prevalent eye condition that sets in soon after age 40, making it difficult to read and see things up close.

CK is performed using a probe thinner than a strand of hair that releases radiofrequency energy. Applied to the cornea in a circular pattern, the radio waves shrink small areas of collagen to create a constrictive band (like the tightening of a belt) that increases the curvature of the cornea, bringing near vision back into focus. CK is performed by an ophthalmologist as an in-office procedure. The results are immediate.

CK results in a temporary improvement of near vision for those who need reading glasses and bifocals.

CK may soon be approved for those who’ve had LASIK

The FDA has granted Refractec approval for a phase-three clinical trial to study CK’s ability to improve near vision in patients who previously had LASIK (laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis) surgery. Approximately 4.8 million people in the United States have undergone LASIK surgery since 1997. At an average age of 42 years, nearly 44 percent of them are now presbyopic and face the frustration of wearing glasses once again.

About Paul Cutarelli, M.D.

Paul E. Cutarelli, M.D., is one of the most experienced LASIK and vision correction specialists in the United States. He has performed most of his more than 40,000 LASIK and LASEK procedures in Colorado, and is among the first to perform epiLASIK and CK in Denver. He is one of only a handful of surgeons to have completed a full one-year training fellowship in refractive surgery, as well as a fellowship in corneal surgery. He has served as co-investigator on more than 15 clinical trials for refractive surgery and presbyopia.

To view or film a CK procedure, please contact Mary Theobald at 816-331-5191.

Ferndale, WA (Vocus) January 18, 2009

In honor of the Presidential Inauguration on Tuesday, January 20, Khanna Institute of LASIK Surgery is offering free LASIK surgery to any US citizen named “Barack Hussein Obama”. “This is a historic moment in American and world history,” says Dr. Khanna. “I can relate to the emotions that President Elect Obama must be experiencing. My father was also a non-US citizen.” Dr. Khanna has helped people with lazy eyes stimulate their vision by performing LASIK on them. Khanna Institute is celebrating this historic moment of change by wanting to change the dependence of people on visual aids. LASIK has been shown to safer than wearing contact lenses. This free offer will have to be redeemed by Jan 31, 2009. A birth certificate will need to be provided in order to verify the name and citizenship. The person will have to be a suitable candidate for LASIK.

About Khanna Institute of Lasik Surgery:

Khanna Institute provides vision care to people from all over the world. It has the latest generation of wavefront lasers. Khanna Institute of LASIK and Refractive Surgery has multiple offices conveniently located in Valencia, Westlake Village, Costa Mesa, Beverly Hills, and Corona. Dr. Khanna is a Board Certified LASIK and Cataract surgeon. Dr. Khanna is the Medical Director of the Institute. He is in the forefront of Wavefront LASIK surgery, Presbyopic Implants such as Restor Aspheric Multifocal and Crystalens HD. The Khanna Institute of Lasik Surgery provides vision correction tailored to each individual depending on their level of astigmatism, nearsightedness, farsightedness and presbyopia. Dr. Khanna has performed over 10,000 vision correction surgeries.

Contact:

Rajesh Khanna, M.D.

Khanna Institute of Lasik Surgery

1220 La Venta Dr #209

Westlake Village 91361

Phone: 805-230-2126

Fax: 805-230-2199

http://www.khannainstitute.com

lasik at khannainstitute dot com