Key Application Features:

• 15ms move time utilizing high speed encoder capture
• Vision system aborts any action if patient moves unexpectedly during procedure. Board-level encoder checking: broken wire and illegal state detection
• Position capture and compare using an FPGA allows greater flexibility in triggering events and processing critical events
• Friction, velocity and acceleration feed forwards reduces settling time

VISX was founded in 1986 and began with a series of experiments under the premise that shaping the surface of the eye with a excimer laser might have the same effect as corrective lenses. By the mid 1990’s VISX lasers were used in over 40 countries worldwide. Fast forward to 2003, and VISX is the world leader in corrective laser eye surgery. VISX utilizes MEI motion technology for precision lens control in several laser eye surgery machines made by the company.

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