STAAR’s EVO, Visian ICLs receive CE mark as supplemental lens

European authorities have granted a CE mark approval to STAAR Surgical’s ICL as a supplemental or “piggyback” lens in post-cataract IOL surgery, according to a press release.
The approval is for the EVO/EVO+ and Visian ICLs for myopia and hyperopia and toric versions of those lenses for myopia and hyperopia with astigmatism. Supplemental lenses are placed in post-cataract patients’ eyes in front of the cataract IOL.
“The ICL’s new CE mark approval expands the indications for the EVO Visian ICL product family to include a much-needed therapeutic option for the

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