POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Deborah Andrews and Samuel Gesten,
and their successors, signing singly, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to do any or all of the following:

     (a)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
            Undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of
            STAAR Surgical Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and
            5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
            Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     (b)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
            the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to
            complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete
            and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and
            file such form with the United States Securities and
            Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
            authority; and

     (c)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in
            connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
            the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
            interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
            it being understood that the documents executed by
            such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
            pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
            form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
            such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
            fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms
3, 4 and 5 (or such forms as may in the future be substituted
therefore under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act) with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day June, 2020.

/s/ Gilbert H Kliman