Zeiss Marks Milestone With More Than 5 Million Eyes Treated With SMILE

Zeiss celebrated a new milestone this week after reporting that more than 5 million eyes have been treated with SMILE worldwide. 

The FDA approved the VisuMax Femtosecond Laser for the small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) procedure in 2016. The minimally-invasive corneal refractive procedure is performed by creating a thin disc-shaped lenticule within the cornea, which is then removed through a small incision, thereby achieving the desired vision correction. SMILE requires only one laser to perform the entire solution leaving the outer corneal layer largely intact, thus potentially contributing to the cornea's biomechanical and refractive stability after surgery.