Up to now, presbyopia is usually treated by wearing reading glasses. Different methods have also been tested to correct this form of defective vision with the laser. Now, the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) is developing a virtual model together with two project partners, in which an especially gentle, laser-based surgical method can be simulated. In the so called fs-lentotomy method, the crystalline lens is made flexible again by performing micro-cuts with a femtosecond laser. The aim of the RayFEye project is to make the results of the eye surgery predictable.

The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) is working on three subprojects in the new research priority “Hybrid Numerical Optics” of the Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies (HOT) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover. This priority is being supported by the funding initiative „Niedersächsisches Vorab“ with almost one million Euros until the fall of 2018.

The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. carries out successful and innovative research and development in the three focus areas optical components and systems, optical production technologies and biomedical photonics. An important field of activity of the research institute is transferring knowledge to industry. But how exactly is the LZH supporting partners in industry and small and medium-sized enterprises? Which services offers the LZH to its customers? Answers to these and other questions can be found in the new services for industry portfolio that is now available on the LZH website.