 Reinstein has also developed new algorithms for the safe treatment of very high refractive error by LASIK.He has joint patents, with Carl Zeiss Meditec, being closely involved in developing a procedure called Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (ReLEx SMILE) that uses the VisuMax femtosecond laser to create a refractive lenticule within the stroma which is then removed through a small incision (http