STAAR Surgical to Present at the Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference

MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable lenses for the eye, today announced that it will participate in the 23rd Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City.  STAAR's presentation will be on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 12:10 p.m. Eastern Time.

Barry G. Caldwell, President and CEO, will review the company's business strategy and the impact of recent new product approvals.  Deborah Andrews, CFO, will also be attending the conference.  STAAR will offer a live video webcast of its presentation on the Company's website, www.staar.com, under Investor Information. An archived replay of the presentation will be available for 30 days, also at www.staar.com.

About STAAR Surgical

STAAR, which has been dedicated solely to ophthalmic surgery for over 25 years, designs, develops, manufactures and markets implantable lenses for the eye.  All of these lenses are foldable, which permits the surgeon to insert them through a small incision.  STAAR's lens used in refractive surgery as an alternative to LASIK is called an Implantable Collamer® Lens or "ICL."  A lens used to replace the natural lens after cataract surgery is called an intraocular lens or "IOL."  Over 250,000 Visian ICLs have been implanted to date; to learn more about the ICL go to: www.visianinfo.com.  STAAR has approximately 300 full time employees and markets lenses in approximately 50 countries.  Headquartered in Monrovia, CA, it manufactures in the following locations: Nidau, Switzerland; Ichikawa City, Japan; Aliso Viejo, CA; and Monrovia, CA.  For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.staar.com or call 626-303-7902.  

Collamer® is the registered trademark for STAAR's proprietary biocompatible collagen copolymer lens material.

SOURCE STAAR Surgical Company

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