METHOD FOR MAKING EMBEDDED HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES

    公开(公告)号:US20230339149A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18306637

    申请日:2023-04-25

    Applicant: Alcon Inc.

    Abstract: A method for producing embedded hydrogel contact lenses comprises at least the following steps: obtaining an insert made of a crosslinked polymeric material comprising iniferter moieties covalently attached thereto; placing the insert in a female lens mold half; dosing an amount of a lens-forming composition to immerse the insert in the female lens mold half; closing tightly a male lens mold half onto the top of the female lens mold half halves to form a molding assembly; curing the lens-forming composition in the molding assembly to form an embedded hydrogel lens precursor which comprises a bulk hydrogel material formed the lens-forming composition and the insert that is embedded therein and covalently linked to the bulk hydrogel material.

    COATED SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240393501A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18670852

    申请日:2024-05-22

    Applicant: Alcon Inc.

    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing coated silicone hydrogel contact lenses in a cost-effective manner. The method comprises obtaining a preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens comprising a bulk silicone hydrogel material that comprises repeating units of at least one carboxyl-containing vinylic monomer and at least one arylborono-containing vinylic monomer, and heating the preformed silicone hydrogel contact lens in an aqueous coating solution comprising a water-soluble and thermally crosslinkable polymeric material having azetidinium or epoxide groups and a diol-containing hydrophilic polymer having 1,2- or 1,3-diol moieties to form a coated silicone hydrogel contact lens comprising a bulk silicone hydrogel material and a hydrogel coating that comprises a crosslinked polymeric material covalently attached onto the bulk silicone hydrogel material and a grafted diol-containing hydrophilic polymer covalently attached onto the bulk silicone hydrogel material and distributed in the crosslinked polymeric material.

    WATER GRADIENT SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES

    公开(公告)号:US20240280834A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18429551

    申请日:2024-02-01

    Applicant: Alcon Inc.

    CPC classification number: G02C7/04 C08J7/0427 C08J2383/10 C08J2433/14

    Abstract: The invention provides an easy-to-remove water gradient contact lens. Such a water gradient contact lens comprises imperfections (ditches and/or gaps) in the anterior outer hydrogel layer and can be made according to a cost-effective method involving a step of partially or completely shielding reactive functional groups in selected zones on the anterior surface a to-be-coated contact lens before grafting a layer of a non-silicone hydrogel material. With the imperfections in the anterior outer hydrogel layer, the surface lubricity of the anterior surface is inferior to that of the posterior surface. By adjusting the shape, size, density, and rotational distribution of the imperfections, one also can selectively adjust and optimize the surface lubricity of the anterior surface of a water gradient contact lens so as to have improved lens handlability while maintaining other desirable properties.

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