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Wettable, flexible, oxygen permeable, substantially non-swellable contact lens containing polyoxyalkylene backbone units, and use thereof

US4780488A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1987
Grant dateOct 25, 1988
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08G65/329
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Contact lenses which are optically clear, wettable, flexible, of high oxygen permeability and substantially non-swellable in the aqueous ocular environment of use, of a polymer containing polyoxyalkylene backbone units are disclosed, as well as the preparation thereof and methods of treating vision defects therewith.

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