In vivo polymerizable ophthalmic compositions and methods of using

US6180687A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Alcon Laboratories, Inc. · US
• The University of Southern Mississippi · US

Inventors

• Mark E. Hammer · Tampa, US
• Steven T. Charles · Memphis, US
• John C. Lang · Arlington, US
• Robert Y. Lochhead · Hattiesburg, US
• Lon J. Mathias · Hattiesburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2001
• Expiry date: May 17, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S623/905
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In vivo polymerizable intraocular lens compositions which comprise substituted fluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkyl monomers having anionic, cationic, and/or nonionic surface active functionality in the unsaturated fluorophobic ends. The compositions are preferably cured by UV photoinitiation and are useful in repairing torn or detached retinal tissue or forming intraocular lenses in situ.