Approved by the FDA in 2002, Near Vision SM CK ® / Conductive Keratoplasty is an exciting procedure that can help reduce dependence on reading glasses. This non-laser treatment for farsightedness and presbyopia uses radiofrequency energy to correct vision, and unlike laser-assisted techniques, Near Vision SM CK ® does not require the removal of tissue. Instead, the radiofrequency energy causes the tissue of the cornea to shrink, resulting in a steeper shape.
Near Vision SM CK ® is intended for people over the age of 40 with good distance vision. For the majority of our patients, treatment is only necessary in one eye to improve near vision due to a phenomenon called monovision. Monovision occurs when one eye is dominant for far vision and the other is dominant for near vision.