STAAR Surgical Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Implantable Collamer® Lens (ICL)

LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable lenses for the eye, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its proprietary Implantable Collamer® Lens (ICL). The first ICLs were implanted by a group of surgeons in October 1993, including Roberto Zaldivar, MD, Founder of the Zaldivar Institute. The early ICLs have evolved into the current generation of ICLs with a central port – the EVO ICL™ family of lense