Ophthalmology

What it is?

• SCHWIND (Germany) is a globally recognised manufacturer of high-performance excimer lasers for refractive and corneal surgery (e.g., LASIK, PRK, surface treatments).  
• Their flagship model, the SCHWIND Amaris 1050 RS, offers a pulse repetition rate of 1050 Hz — making it one of the fastest excimer laser systems in the world.  
• It features extremely fine beam spot diameter (~0.54 mm), a superGaussian beam profile, , built-in real-time eye tracking in up to 7 dimensions (including x, y, z movement + cyclotorsion + tilt) for maximum precision.  
• The system incorporates thermal control (ITEC = Intelligent Thermal Effect Control), fluence adjustment (AFLA = Automatic Fluence Level Adjustment) and large optical zone ablation planning modules — all aimed at smoother, gentler corneal ablation.  

Why it matters for you, the patient?

• Ultrafast ablation: With ablation times as low as ~1.3 seconds per dioptre (in certain settings), the treatment time is minimized — reducing patient discomfort, reducing corneal dehydration risk, and increasing stability of outcome.  
• Precision tracking and beam control: The advanced eye tracking ensures that even small involuntary eye movements (including cyclotorsion) are compensated for; the small beam spot allows smoother tissue removal, which can translate to better visual quality, fewer induced aberrations, and faster visual recovery.  
• Versatile applications: The platform supports multiple refractive procedures (LASIK, FemtoLASIK, PRK/TransPRK, surface treatments) and is well suited for both myopia and hyperopia, astigmatism, and even presbyopia hybrid zones.  

Clinical Evidence and Industry Insight

• Studies of the Amaris laser show strong outcomes: excellent refractive accuracy, minimal induced higher order aberrations, good safety records.  
• The literature underlines that reduction of intraoperative treatment time (enabled by highspeed laser) correlates with increased precision and possibly better outcomes, especially for high refractive error or challenging patients.  

What this means at our hospital?

• At Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, we utilise the SCHWIND Amaris 1050 excimer laser system to deliver customised LASIK/PRK treatments with superior precision and recovery profiles.
• This means when you come for LASIK or PRK (especially for higher refractive errors or more complex cases), you’re being treated using the fastest, most precise excimer lasers available globally — the kind used by top international centres.
• The advanced beam, tracking and thermal management systems help minimise residual aberrations, maximise visual quality (contrast, night vision performance) and speed your return to full activities.

Patient-centred summary

When laser correction is chosen (LASIK/PRK), the technology makes a real difference in safety, comfort and visual quality. With the SCHWIND Amaris platform at our centre, you’re benefiting from state-of-the-art excimer laser technology that supports a personalised, high-quality surgical outcome. Your surgeon can tune the treatment plan precisely to your corneal profile, refractive error, lifestyle and ocular anatomy. 

The Alcon LenSx Laser is a leading-edge technology that enables precise and automated cataract surgery. It assists surgeons in creating precise incisions and performing lens fragmentation, resulting in improved surgical outcomes and reduced surgical duration. The LenSx Laser System is the leader in refractive surgery and has the following advantages over manual systems:

• Improved graphical user interface (GUI) offers surgeons an intuitive, efficient workflow when performing personalised topography-guided laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) procedures.
• Modernised hardware delivers ergonomic features and new equipment colour, allowing customisation by surgeons.
• Endoscopic Camera: The system includes an endoscopic camera that provides a magnified, high-resolution view of the surgical field. This allows the surgeon to visualise the area in detail, even in hard-to-reach locations.
• Ergonomic additions to improve surgeon comfort and efficiency, such as a heads-up display for the surgeon’s dominant eye and a clearly arranged control panel.
• Higher-contrast GUI and a back-lit keyboard to optimise surgeon comfort while working in the dim lighting that is common in procedure rooms.
• Updates to the laser are designed to reduce the procedure time, maximise patient comfort, and mitigate increased intraocular pressure.
• New key switch and emergency laser emission stop switch to allow the surgeon to turn the laser system on/off and shut down the device immediately in case of an emergency.

Reliance Foundation Hospital is among the very few hospitals that have installed a LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation system—a specialised device developed by Tear Science—for the treatment of dry eye disease, a condition where the eyes either produce insufficient tears or low-grade tears that are unable to maintain eye lubrication.

The LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System delivers precisely controlled heat and pulsatile pressure to clear physical obstructions in the tear oil glands in the eyelids, thereby allowing the resumption of oil production by these glands and—by extension—restoration of the oil layer of the tear film, which plays a crucial role in maintaining eye health.

The Reliance Foundation Hospital is among the very few hospitals that have installed the Myopia Master System.

This versatile system enables cornea curvature measurement (keratometry), refractive error determination (autorefraction), and eye size evaluation (axial length analysis) in a single acquisition, thereby serving as a comprehensive system for the rapid measurement of eye parameters in a contactless manner. As is evident from the name, the Myopia Master System is a one-stop solution for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of myopia. Importantly, this system can bring down myopia progression in children by 40% to 60%.