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STAAR Surgical Opens EVO Experience Center in United States
Facility Now Serves as a Dynamic Hub of the EVO Lens-Based Experience for Ophthalmic Surgeons, Staff and Healthcare Practitioners LAKE FOREST,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nFacility Now Serves as a Dynamic Hub of the EVO Lens-Based Experience for Ophthalmic Surgeons, Staff and Healthcare Practitioners\n\n LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nSTAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable lenses for the eye, today announced the opening of the first company-operated EVO Experience Center. The center is located at STAAR’s corporate headquarters in Lake Forest, California within close proximity to Orange County’s John Wayne Airport (SNA).\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221117005455/en/(Photo: STAAR Surgical)\n“We are very excited to open the first company-operated EVO Experience Center for ophthalmic healthcare practitioners which is designed to provide an immersive lens-based education experience with all the necessary tools, assets and resources to grow a successful EVO practice,” said Caren Mason, President and CEO of STAAR Surgical. “Similar EVO training centers already exist in hospitals, clinics and universities outside the U.S. and we are delighted to establish the first EVO Experience Center in the U.S. at our corporate headquarters. STAAR is committed to the comprehensive sharing of EVO ICL best practices, training, education and practice development. We anticipate that our EVO Experience Center will elevate interest, training and adoption of EVO ICL, globally, among existing and potential EVO ophthalmic surgeons and healthcare practitioners.”\n\nThe EVO Experience Center is equipped with advanced visualization and communications technology, allowing for in-person and virtual training, medical education and practice development programs. The center features a surgical simulation room along with meeting spaces that will showcase STAAR’s award winning global consumer marketing, and include practice development tools for interactive discussion. The surgical simulation room includes STAAR’s Online Calculation & Ordering System (OCOS), an OCULUS Pentacam® AXL Wave, 3D visualization for EVO lens loading and delivery, and a unique Collamer chamber that demonstrates the tensile mechanical properties of STAAR’s proprietary Collamer material. The EVO Experience Center features a 120-inch 4K video array that will allow video conferencing and surgical simulation, with t...