Intelligent Thermal Effect Control (ITEC)
Intelligent Thermal Effect Control (ITEC) is the name of the thermal control process that prevents damage to the surrounding corneal tissue, even at the very high ablation speeds of the SCHWIND AMARIS product family. ITEC ensures that the laser pulses are distributed in a thermally optimised, dynamically adapted way, which gives the individual position on the cornea sufficient time to cool off. The following pulses can therefore approach an already cooled position faster. ITEC is clearly superior to the usual static processes. Studies using an infrared thermographic camera have proven that the corneal tissue only heats up minimally, even at high ablation speeds.