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STAAR Surgical Announces First Implants of EVO Visian ICL in the U.S.
Announces Program of Meetings and Presentations at Upcoming ASCRS Annual Meeting LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAnnounces Program of Meetings and Presentations at Upcoming ASCRS Annual Meeting\n\n LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSTAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable lenses and companion delivery systems for the eye, today announced the first implants of the EVO Visian® Implantable Collamer® lens (EVO ICL) in the U.S. The Company also announced today its program of meetings and presentations during the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting (ASCRS) in Washington, D.C., April 22 through April 26, 2022.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220406005419/en/(Graphic: Business Wire)\nEVO ICL procedures have or will occur in California, Colorado, Missouri, Texas and Utah in the coming days. One of the first EVO ICL patients in the U.S. is a female with myopia and astigmatism in her thirties who previously used monthly disposable contact lenses and glasses. She received toric EVO ICL lenses to achieve Visual Freedom and break free from contact lenses and glasses. Toric EVOs are designed to correct myopia, which is the need for distance vision correction, and astigmatism. The bilateral EVO implantation procedure was completed in approximately 7-8 minutes for each eye.\n\nSTAAR also announced, today, its program of meetings and presentations during the ASCRS Annual Meeting. The following is a representative selection of STAAR and EVO/ICL events and scientific presentations during ASCRS:\n\n\nEVO ICL Educational Event with Panel of Global EVO ICL Users, Friday, April 22;\n\n\nResidents and Fellows Reception, Saturday, April 23;\n\n\nBooth Exhibit and Education Activities at the ASCRS Annual Meeting (Booth Number 2718), beginning Saturday, April 23;\n\n\nEducational Roundtable Clinical Sessions at STAAR’s Booth, Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24;\n\n\nDidactic Surgeon Training Sessions at STAAR’s Booth, Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24;\n\n\nDr. Mark Packer Presentation, United States Clinical Multicenter Trial of a Posterior Chamber Phakic Implantable Lens with a Central Port for Myopia or Myopic Astigmatism, Sunday, April 24; and\n\n\nApproximately a dozen other Scientific Posters and Papers, Saturday through Monday, April 23-25.\n\n\n“We are thrilled to begin comm...