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Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting therefrom

US7040756B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 2003
Grant dateMay 9, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B1/043
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to a method of modifying the surface of substrates such as contact lenses and other biomedical articles by at least partially coating the surfaces of such substrates with a polymeric tie layer having reactive sites. Various other moieties may then be chemically attached to the article surface by reaction of the other moieties with the reactive sites through classical chemical attachment mechanisms.

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