UV curable crosslinking agents useful in copolymerization
US5449729A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 1994 |
| Grant date | Sep 12, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B1/043
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A novel class of compounds are disclosed which may be used as novel crosslinking agents for acrylic-containing, vinyl-containing and/or styrene-containing hydrophilic monomers to prepare novel UV-curable hydrophilic copolymers suitable for use as biomedical articles, especially contact lenses.
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