Introducing the MEL 80

ZEISS camera lenses were recognized as the world’s highest quality after their introduction in the 1800s. In the late 1980s, ZEISS optical lenses became the technology of choice for the developers of vision correction lasers.

Carl Zeiss Meditec has been a refractive surgery pioneer for more than 20 years.

Combining its finest optics with the most advanced excimer laser technology available, Carl Zeiss Meditec brings you laser vision correction with a fourth-generation laser platform, the MEL 80.

"MEL" stands for "Meditec Excimer Laser."

• MEL 50
  Introduced at the world congress of Rome in 1986; designed for radial keratotomy (RK) procedures.
• MEL 60
  Introduced in 1989 for photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) to treat nearsightedness. Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) was performed on the MEL 60 in 1990.
• MEL 70
  Introduced in 1997 as the first fully controlled flying spot laser with a Gaussian beam profile.
• MEL 80
  • Used in the international market since 2003.
  • 250 Hz repetition rate; one of the fastest lasers on the market.
  • Three eyetrackers provide eye registration along with pupil and limbus tracking.
  • FDA approved for use in the United States in 2006.