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Contact lenses and materials and methods of making same

US5519069A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateMay 21, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S525/903
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An interpenetrating network copolymer, method of producing same, and method of producing optical lens blanks and finished lenses therefrom. The method broadly involves the preparation of first and second mixtures of polymerizable vinyl monomers and interrupting the polymerization of the first mixture at a relative viscosity of from about 1.05 to about 10 by admixing the partially polymerized first mixture with the second mixture to create a casting solution and thereafter, when desired, polymerizing molded casting solution in heat to create a solid lens material.

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