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<H1 align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT></H1>

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<H1 align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></H1>

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<H1 align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>FORM 8-K </FONT></H1>

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<H1 align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>CURRENT REPORT </FONT></H1>

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<H1 align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </FONT></H1>

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<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 19, 2005 </FONT></P>

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<H1 align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=3>STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY </FONT></H1>

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<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>1911 Walker Avenue,&nbsp;Monrovia,&nbsp;California,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;91016</FONT></P>

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<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=1>(Registrant's telephone number, including area code): </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>(626) 303-7902 </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </FONT></P>
[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></P>

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<H1 align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.</FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On January 19, 2005, the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of STAAR Surgical Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) appointed David Schlotterbeck to fill a vacancy on the Board. The vacancy resulted from the resignation of John R. Gilbert from the Board on September 25, 2004. Mr. Schlotterbeck has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee of the Board. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Schlotterbeck and any person pursuant to which Mr. Schlotterbeck was appointed as a director. There have been no transactions, or series of similar transactions, since the beginning of the Company&#146;s last fiscal year, nor is there any currently proposed transaction, or series of similar transactions, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party, and in which Mr. Schlotterbeck or any member of his immediate family had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest. </FONT></P>

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<H1 align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On January 21, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Schlotterbeck as a director. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and is incorporated in this Item 7.01 by this reference. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information contained, or incorporated by reference, in this Item 7.01 will not be treated as &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. This information will not be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities act of 1933, or into another filing under the Exchange Act, unless that filing expressly refers to specific information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report. </FONT></P>

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<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>(c) Exhibits </FONT></P>

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<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;99.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Press release dated January 21, 2005.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>

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<TD width="40%"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2></FONT>January 21, 2005 </TD>
<TD width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2><B>STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY </B><BR><BR><BR>By: /s/ John Bily <BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>John Bily <BR>Chief Financial Officer </FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;99.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2><A HREF="f8k01192005ex1.htm">Press release dated January 21, 2005</A>.</FONT></TD>
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<BODY><P align=right><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></FONT></P>

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<TD align=left width="40%"><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2><B>Investors</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>EVC GROUP</FONT></TD>
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<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Douglas Sherk, 415-896-6820</FONT></TD>
<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Chris Toth, 415-896-6820</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size=2>Jennifer Beugelmans, 415-896-6820</FONT></TD></TR>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>STAAR SURGICAL APPOINTS
NEW INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBER </FONT></H1>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><I><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David
L. Schlotterbeck, Public Company Veteran Executive, Replaces Retired Board Member, John
R. Gilbert</B></I></FONT></P>



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 <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>MONROVIA, CA, Jan. 21, 2005 &#151;
STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of
minimally invasive ophthalmic products, today announced that its Board of Directors has
appointed David L. Schlotterbeck (age 57), as a new independent board member. </FONT></P>


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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Mr. Schlotterbeck has nearly 20 years of experience in executing corporate
          turnarounds of global companies, including the development of strategies to
          accelerate growth. Since 1986, Mr. Schlotterbeck has successfully implemented
          transforming strategies, which have dramatically increased value at three public
          companies and one subsidiary division of a public company, ranging in size from
          $250 million in annual sales to $600 million. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Currently, Mr. Schlotterbeck serves
as the Chairman and CEO of Clinical Technologies and Services, a business segment of
Cardinal Health with revenues of more than $2 billion annually, and is an officer of
Cardinal Health. He is directly responsible for the segment&#146;s patient point-of-care
strategy as well as other key products and services that generate a substantive portion of
Cardinal Health&#146;s annual operating earnings. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&#147;We are very excited to welcome
Dave to the Board of Directors and believe that his executive experience at a wide range
of public companies, as well as his extensive knowledge of the medical device industry,
uniquely qualify him to serve on our Board,&#148; said David Bailey, President and CEO of
STAAR Surgical. &#147;Dave&#146;s understanding of the processes required to successfully
launch new products within a highly regulated framework and to implement strategies to
support future product growth and market penetration, will allow him to offer the Board a
highly relevant perspective. We look forward to working with Dave at the Board
level.&#148; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Prior to joining Clinical
Technologies and Services, Mr. Schlotterbeck was the president and CEO of ALARIS Medical
Systems, a developer and marketer of products for the safe delivery of intravenous
medicines, which was acquired by Cardinal Health in July 2004. During his tenure at
ALARIS, the Company was named the best performing stock for all three major US exchanges.
In addition Mr. Schlotterbeck was named CEO of the year for medical device companies in
2002 by Frost and Sullivan. Mr. Schlotterbeck has in-depth international experience, as
well as experience in identifying acquisition targets, negotiating merger agreements,
integrating acquisitions and successful divestitures. </FONT></P>

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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Mr. Schlotterbeck earned a Bachelor of Sciences degree in electrical engineering
          from the General Motors Institute and a Masters of Science in electrical
          engineering from Purdue University. He has also completed the Executive
          Institute program at Stanford University. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>STAAR Surgical is a leader in the
development, manufacture and marketing of minimally invasive ophthalmic products employing
proprietary technologies. STAAR&#146;s products are used by ophthalmic surgeons and
include the revolutionary VISIAN ICL&#153; as well as innovative products designed to
improve patient outcomes for cataracts and glaucoma. STAAR&#146;s ICL has received CE
Marking, is approved for sale in 37 countries and has been implanted in more than 35,000
eyes worldwide. It is currently under review by the FDA for use in the United States. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>All statements in this press release
that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including any
projections of earnings, revenue, or other financial items, any statements of the plans,
strategies, and objectives of management for future operations, any statements concerning
proposed new products and government approval of new products, services or developments,
any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance, statements of belief
and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. These statements are
based on expectations and assumptions as of the date of this press release and are subject
to numerous risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially
from those described in the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties
include the results of our response to FDA warning letters, the need to obtain regulatory
approval for new products, acceptance of new products by medical practitioners and
consumers, the rapid pace of technological change in the ophthalmic industry, general
domestic and international economic conditions, access to financing and other factors
beyond the control of STAAR Surgical Company, including those detailed from time to time
in STAAR Surgical Company&#146;s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. STAAR Surgical Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements to reflect future events or actual outcomes and does not intend to do so. </FONT></P>

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