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 date | Jun 5, 1987 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 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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