STAAR Surgical Generates Cash From Operations During Second Quarter

...of the STAAR application for the Toric Implantable collamer Lens (TICL(TM)) for Myopic/Astigmatic patients. ...ies for the second half of the year. The nanoFLEX collamer Aspheric IOL with the nanoPOINT Injector System wh...ny Injector System for the Afinity(TM) Three-Piece collamer will be available in the U.S. for sale during the ...

Review of STAAR's Application for the Visian(R) Toric Implantable Collamer(R) Lens by FDA to Resume

...7 have been removed. The removal of the integrity hold enables the FDA to resume scientific review of the STAAR application for the Toric Implantable collamer Lens (TICL(TM)) for Myopic/Astigmatic patients. This application is a PMA Supplement to the Visian ICL which the FDA approved on December 22, 2005. ...

Review of STAAR's Application for the Visian(R) Toric Implantable Collamer(R) Lens by FDA to Resume

...7 have been removed. The removal of the integrity hold enables the FDA to resume scientific review of the STAAR application for the Toric Implantable collamer Lens (TICL(TM)) for Myopic/Astigmatic patients. This application is a PMA Supplement to the Visian ICL which the FDA approved on December 22, 2005. ...

STAAR Surgical Reports 14% Fourth Quarter Revenue Growth

...ng profits before non-cash charges during this period." "At year's end we implemented a new U.S. sales force structure designed to maximize our collamer material positioning for both ICLs and IOLs, as well as improve efficiencies. We expect that the implementation of this structure should yield us app...

STAAR Surgical Forms Team of Leading Ophthalmic Surgeons to Study the Use of Collamer(R) Material for Accommodating Intraocular Lenses

... in evaluating the accommodative properties of its collamer lens technology. Accommodating Intraocular Lenses ...t surgery do not restore it. "Our patented collamer material is similar to the eye's natural crystalli...estigate the baseline accommodative ability of our collamer lens. We have reviewed published clinical data by...

STAAR Surgical's Collamer(R) IOL and Elastimide(R) IOL Each Recognized with New Technology Intraocular Lens Classification

...ill provide an additional reimbursement of $50 per collamer and Elastimide Aspheric lens when provided to a Me...d Spherical Aberrations to which the STAAR Afinity collamer and Elastimide Silicone Aspheric IOLs have been ap...at CMS has recognized the benefits of our Aspheric collamer and Silicone designed IOLs," said Barry G. Caldwel...

STAAR Surgical's LASIK Alternative Expands U.S. Market Gains

...q: STAA ), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today announced that Visian ICL(TM) (Implantable collamer Lens) sales in the U.S. for the second quarter have already exceeded the total sales for both the first quarter of 2008 and the second quarter of 2007...

STAAR Surgical Reports Solid First Quarter Progress

... -- Submitted NTIOL application to CMS for STAAR collamer Aspheric Single Piece IOL which can be inje...lready received NTIOL designation for our Affinity collamer Aspheric IOL from CMS, which allows for additional...we submitted a new NTIOL application for our STAAR collamer Aspheric Single Piece IOL which can be injected wi...

STAAR Surgical Plans Major Presence at ASCRS

...course for refractive surgeons on the Company's Visian ICL(TM) (Implantable collamer Lens), the full launch of its nanoPOINT delivery system, demonstrating the ...ching our new nanoPOINT delivery system, which can inject the current STAAR collamer Single Piece intraocular lens (IOL) through a 2.2 mm incision compared to t...

STAAR Surgical's Visian ICL Procedure Performed Live on NBC's Today show

...provement instantaneously. The Today Show segments can be viewed at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23463382#23463382 The implantable collamer lens has been successfully implanted in over 80,000 eyes worldwide. In an FDA clinical trial, over 99 percent of patients were satisfied with their im...

Collamer in Medical Products

3 Piece Collamer® Lens CQ2015

Description:... The 3 Piece collamer lens, model CQ2015, combines the best of foldable ...logy with traditional design. This lens contains a collamer optic with modified "C" loop Polyimide haptics wit...pe memory". The light patterns associated with the collamer lens is nearly identical to those of the human cry...
Company:STAAR Surgical Company

Visian ICL

Description:... The STAAR collamer ICL and the TORIC ICL are posterior chamber phakic intraocular lenses. Made of Collamer, STAARs proprietary collagen copolymer, the lens rests behind ...
Company:STAAR Surgical Company

Collamer™ multi-piece lens

Description:...t of foldable lens technology with traditional design. This lens contains a collamer optic with modified "C" loop Polyimide haptics with no angulation. These lo...rength, and superior "shape memory". The light patterns associated with the collamer lens is nearly identical to those of the human crystalline lens....
Company:STAAR Surgical Company

Collamer™ single piece lens

Description:...ens placed completely in the capsular bag. The lens has large fenestrations to enhance post-operative fixation. The light patterns associated with the collamer lens are nearly identical to those of the human crystalline lens....
Company:STAAR Surgical Company

Collamer in Biological News

New 'implanted contacts' designed to fix nearsightedness

...ayne Bowman , who is inserting the new implantable collamer lens, or ICL, today for the first time at UT South...r of ophthalmology. The lens, made of a special collamer material, corrects moderate to severe nearsightedn...'s natural lens, as with intraocular lenses, the collamer lens is inserted with a smaller incision. The lens...

Collamer in Biological Technology

STAAR Surgical Receives Approval to Market Visian(R) Toric Implantable Collamer Lens in China

STAAR ALSO RECEIVES APPROVAL TO MARKET HYPEROPIC ICL APPROVALS POSITION COMPANY FOR CONTINUED GROWTH IN KEY MARKET MONROVIA, Calif., Feb. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA ), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive oph...

STAAR Surgical Receives FDA Clearance for the Epiphany(TM) Injector System

...se market," said Barry G. Caldwell, President and CEO of STAAR Surgical. "This product will enhance the ability of surgeons to accurately deliver the collamer Three-Piece NTIOL into the eye and it serves as the forerunner in our regulatory pathway for potential approval of the preloaded delivery system in th...

STAAR Surgical Releases Afinity(TM) Collamer(R) Aspheric Single Piece NTIOL

...oducts, today announced the release of its Afinity collamer Aspheric Single Piece New Technology Intraocular L...smallest incision of any NTIOL on the market. The collamer material is a unique lens material composed of col...y-HEMA based copolymer. "Release of our new collamer Afinity Aspheric Single Piece NTIOL continues this...

Top LASIK and Refractive Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Present Research and Educate Their Peers at Annual AAO Meeting in Atlanta

...many of the world's leading specialists in ocular infections, entitled "Culture-positive endophthalmitis after insertion of the Staar Intraocular collamer Lens". This was the FIRST such case to be reported in the United States since the introduction of this new modality, which is used for the corre...

More Than 700 Physicians and Administrators Participate in the Visian ICL Growth Program(TM) Launch

...hthalmic products, today announced very strong participation in the first of its nine-part webinar series on the Company's Visian ICL(TM) (Implantable collamer Lens). The first session which aired Tuesday, April 22, 2008, titled "How My Website Compels Patients to Call Me," is part of a new marketing initiati...

STAAR Surgical's Collamer(R) IOL Designated as a New Technology Intraocular Lens by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

...ill provide an additional reimbursement of $50 per collamer Aspheric lens when provided to a Medicare patient ...d Spherical Aberrations to which the STAAR Afinity collamer Aspheric IOL has been approved will allow this enh...delivery system which can inject the current STAAR collamer Single Piece IOL through a 2.2 mm incision as comp...