Patent · US Expired

Contact lens made from polymers of polysiloxane and polycyclic esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid

US4254248A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 1979
Grant dateMar 3, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 13, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B1/043
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Monomeric polysiloxanes end-capped with activated unsaturated groups polymerized with a comonomer comprising a polycyclic ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid to form a soft contact lens is disclosed. These instant polysiloxane copolymer contact lenses have unexpectedly high tear strengths and unexpectedly high modulus of elasticity.

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