Manufacturer of implantable Collamer lenses for the correction of myopia and other vision defects.
Founders
Thomas Mazzocco(United States · ♂)— An ophthalmic surgeon, he invented the foldable intraocular lens allowing cataract surgery through a tiny incision, and co-founded STAAR Surgical in 1982 to commercialise it.
Tom Waggoner(United States · ♂)— An entrepreneur in his early thirties, he co-funded and co-founded STAAR Surgical with Mazzocco to bring the foldable IOL to market.