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Income Taxes (Details Textual) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2013
Sep. 27, 2013
Jan. 03, 2014
Dec. 30, 2011
Dec. 28, 2012
Jan. 03, 2014
SWITZERLAND
Dec. 28, 2012
SWITZERLAND
Jan. 03, 2014
Japan [Member]
Jan. 03, 2014
Minimum [Member]
Jan. 03, 2014
Maximum [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]                    
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance         $ 1,000,000          
Operating Loss Carryforwards     121,700,000         20,000    
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount 433,000 433,000 (1,008,000) 312,000            
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Explanation of Change     The valuation allowance as of December 28, 2012 of $1.0 million was reduced to $433,000 primarily due to the utilization of STAAR Japans net operating loss carryover during the nine months ended September 27, 2013.              
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance, Current, Total     373,000   0          
Taxes Payable, Total     655,000   1,034,000          
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Foreign     121,700,000              
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, State and Local     70,500,000              
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Valuation Allowance, Total     71,000 116,000 48,000          
Increase Decrease In Foreign Deferred Tax Asset     (630,000)   16,000          
Deferred Tax Assets, Net             1,137,000 289,000    
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net           1,683,000        
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Limitations on Use     The California net operating loss carryfowards expire in varying amounts between 2014 and 2033 and, approximately $14.6 million of those net operating loss carryforwards, will expire over the next three years              
Operating Loss Carryforward Expiration Date                 2014 2033
Deferred Tax Assets Operating Loss Carryforwards State And Local Expire Within Three Years     14,600,000              
Deferred Tax Liability Not Recognized, Amount of Unrecognized Deferred Tax Liability, Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries           $ 1,129,000 $ 885,000