<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-21-043360.txt : 20210625
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-21-043360
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210624
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210625
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210625

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRINZI THOMAS G
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001663458

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-11634
		FILM NUMBER:		211049247

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 ABBOTT PARK ROAD
		STREET 2:		AP6A-2, D-032L
		CITY:			ABBOTT PARK
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60064-6092

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STAAR SURGICAL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000718937
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPHTHALMIC GOODS [3851]
		IRS NUMBER:				953797439
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0101

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1911 WALKER AVE
		CITY:			MONROVIA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6263037902

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1911 WALKER AVE
		CITY:			MONROVIA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			91016

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <footnote id="F1">The restrictions on the 807 restricted shares of common stock awarded on his election to the Board of Directors lapse on the earlier of June 24, 2022 or the Corporation's 2022 Annual Meeting, subject to his continued service through that date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>On June 24, 2021, STAAR Surgical Company granted Mr. Frinzi, a non-employee director, 807 restricted shares of the Corporation's common stock on his re-election to the Board of Directors.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Samuel Gesten as attorney-in-fact for Thomas Frinzi.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-06-25</signatureDate>
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