Polyvinyl alcohol derivatives containing pendant (meth)acryloyl units bound through urethane groups and crosslinked hydrogel contact lenses made therefrom
US4670506A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08F8/30
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Organic aprotic solvent soluble polymers which are derivatives of a polyvinyl alcohol, having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 2,000, and containing from about 0.5 to about 90 percent, based on the number of hydroxyl groups in said polyvinyl alcohol, of units of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently alkylene, arylene, cycloaliphatic, aralkylene or aralkarylene, n is 0 or 1, A.sub.1 is a carbamoyloxy or ureido linking group, A is an oxa, imino or ureido group, R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sub.4 is hydrogen, or when R.sub.3 is hydrogen, methyl or also -COOR.sub.5 where B.sub.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, and crosslinked hydrogel contact lenses made therefrom and their preparation.
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