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Contact lens composition, article and method of manufacture

US4419505A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 14, 1982
Grant dateDec 6, 1983
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F230/085
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A copolymer composition, specially adapted for use in fabricating a contact lens comprises a copolymer of comonomers which include about 1-95 parts by weight of hydroxy silane esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid and about 99-5 parts by weight of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkanol ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid. Contact lenses and contact lens blanks are formed of such copolymer by conventional techniques and also by injection molding.

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