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Polymerizable surfactants and their use as device forming comonomers

US8377464B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BAUSCH & LOMB INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Jeffrey G. Linhardt · Fairport, US
Daniel Ammon · Webster, US
Joseph C. Salamone · Boca Raton, US
Daniel J. Hook · Fairport, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 27, 2012
Grant date	Feb 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 27, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B1/043
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention describes the use of polymerizable surfactants as comonomers in forming ophthalmic devices such as contact lenses, intraocular lenses, corneal implants, etc.

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