Pad transfer printing method for making colored contact lenses

    公开(公告)号:US11840035B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US18165653

    申请日:2023-02-07

    Applicant: Alcon Inc.

    CPC classification number: B29D11/00903 C08L83/04 G02B1/043

    Abstract: The invention relates to a pad printing instrument comprising an ink supply system capable of control the temperature, viscosity and colorant concentration of an ink in an ink cup. Such controls are achieved by continuously adding and mixing a cold ink having a composition identical to the ink in the ink cup but having a lower temperature. The continuous addition of a small amount of a cold ink into the ink cup could compensate heat generated by the friction between the ink cup and a cliché and could minimize the evaporation of a diluent in the ink and change in the concentration of colorants in the ink and ink viscosity. The invention also relates to use of a pad printing instrument comprising an ink supply system of the invention for producing colored hydrogel or silicone hydrogel contact lenses.

    PAD TRANSFER PRINTING METHOD FOR MAKING COLORED CONTACT LENSES

    公开(公告)号:US20230182423A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US18165653

    申请日:2023-02-07

    Applicant: Alcon Inc.

    CPC classification number: B29D11/00903 C08L83/04 G02B1/043

    Abstract: The invention relates to a pad printing instrument comprising an ink supply system capable of control the temperature, viscosity and colorant concentration of an ink in an ink cup. Such controls are achieved by continuously adding and mixing a cold ink having a composition identical to the ink in the ink cup but having a lower temperature. The continuous addition of a small amount of a cold ink into the ink cup could compensate heat generated by the friction between the ink cup and a cliché and could minimize the evaporation of a diluent in the ink and change in the concentration of colorants in the ink and ink viscosity. The invention also relates to use of a pad printing instrument comprising an ink supply system of the invention for producing colored hydrogel or silicone hydrogel contact lenses.

    Method for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses

    公开(公告)号:US11254075B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-22

    申请号:US16429853

    申请日:2019-06-03

    Applicant: Alcon Inc.

    Abstract: The invention provides a contact lens manufacturing method comprising a process for removing unprocessed molded silicone hydrogel contact lenses from mold halves in a relatively efficient and consistent manner. A method of the invention comprises the combination of using a hydrophilic (meth)acrylamido monomer as one of major polymerizable components in a lens formulation for cast-molding of contact lenses, adding a post-curing treatment step which involves heating molds with molded lenses therewithin in an oven at a post-curing temperature higher than the curing temperature and under nitrogen gas flow at a higher flow rate, and using ultrasonic vibration energy for delensing. This method of the invention can be easily implemented in a production environment for enhancing the production yield.

    COSMETIC CONTACT LENS FOR COLOR BLINDNESS

    公开(公告)号:US20210271109A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17122718

    申请日:2020-12-15

    Applicant: Alcon Inc.

    Abstract: The invention is directed to a contact lens for color blindness, comprising: a pupil section, a generally annular iris section surrounding the pupil section, wherein the pupil section comprising a dye containing layer which is enclosed between two clear layers so that the dye cannot leach out, wherein the dye filters out the specific wavelength bands between 545 nm and 575 nm to correct color vision blindness; wherein the iris section having a colored, printed, opaque, intermittent pattern, said pattern comprising: an annular pattern of a color and at least at least one other colored patterns extending across a portion of the iris section selected from a group of patterns consisting of outermost starburst pattern, outer starburst pattern and inner starburst pattern

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