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Hydrophilic contact lens made from polysiloxanes which are thermally bonded to polymerizable groups and which contain hydrophilic sidechains

US4260725A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 10, 1979
Grant dateApr 7, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 10, 1999

Classification

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

Abstract

A water absorbing, soft, hydrophilic, flexible, hydrolytically stable, biologically inert contact lens with the capability of transporting oxygen sufficiently to meet the requirements of the human cornea comprising a polysiloxane which is .alpha.,.omega. terminally bonded through divalent hydrocarbon groups to polymerizably activated unsaturated groups and which contain hydrophilic sidechains is disclosed.

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