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Process for making a soft contact lens of natural proteinaceous polymer(s)

US4650616A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 1984
Grant dateMar 17, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B1/043
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A starting solution comprising one or more noncrystalline natural proteinaceous polymers of animal or vegetable origin is molded and gelled in a lens shaped mold and then removed from the mold. Thereafter the gel is crosslinked by immersion in a liquid containing a crosslinking agent.

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