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Silicone hydrogel contact lenses

US11802182B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

ALCON INC. · CH

Inventors

Steve Yun Zhang · Sugar Hill, US
Daqing Wu · Suwanee, US
Junhao Ge · Johns Creek, US
Richard Charles Breitkopf · Dunwoody, US
Xinming Qian · Johns Creek, US
Zach Munoz · Smyrna, US
Matthew D. Nelson · Salt Lake City, US
Augustine Twum Kumi · Grayson, US
Weihong Lang · Suwanee, US
Ying Zheng · Suwanee, US
Feng Jing · Atlanta, US
Frank Chang · Cumming, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 2022
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 12, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B2207/109
WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.

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