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Income Taxes (Detail Textual) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 27, 2013	Dec. 28, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance	$ 433,000	$ 1,000,000
Operating Loss Carryforwards	122,500,000
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount	$ 433,000
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Explanation of Change	The valuation allowance as of December 28, 2012 of $1.0 million was reduced to $430,000 primarily due to the utilization of STAAR Japan’s net operating loss carryover during the nine months ended September 27, 2013.

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