High refractive index aromatic-based silyl monomers

US6762271B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Joseph C. Salamone · Boca Raton, US
• Jay F. Kunzler · Canandaigua, US
• Richard M. Ozark · Solvay, US
• David E. Seelye · Williamsville, US
• David P. Vanderbilt · Birmingham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S623/907
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Optically transparent, relatively high refractive index polymeric compositions and ophthalmic devices such as intraocular lenses, contact lenses and corneal inlays made therefrom are described herein. The preferred polymeric compositions are produced through the polymerization of one or more aromatic-based silyl monomers or the copolymerization of one or more aromatic-based silyl monomers with one or more aromatic or non-aromatic non-siloxy-based monomers, hydrophobic monomers or hydrophilic monomers.