公开(公告)号：US20220299796A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17834191

申请日：2022-06-07

Applicant: Alcon Inc.

Inventor： Yongxing Qiu ,  John Dallas Pruitt ,  Kelly Kayi Tallau ,  Angela Driver-Scott ,  Chung-Yuan Chiang

IPC: G02C7/04 ,  B29D11/00 ,  G02B1/14 ,  C09D133/02 ,  C09D177/06 ,  G02B1/04

Abstract: The invention is related to a method for producing soft contact lenses comprises a silicone hydrogel lens body and a composite coating thereon. The composite coating comprises: a plasma base coating which is chemically-attached directly onto the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens and functions as a fail-proof measure for ensuring the hydrophobic silicone hydrogel lens material to be shielded from any exposure to ocular environments even after at least 30 days of daily uses including daily waring and daily cleaning/disinfecting; and a relatively-durable lubricious hydrogel top coating for ensuring wearing comfort. A method of the invention comprises forming a plasma-reactive hydrophilic polymer hybrid base coating having reactive functional groups on a silicone hydrogel contact lens and heating the silicone hydrogel contact lens with the hybrid base coating in an aqueous solution of a water-soluble and thermally crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material to form a stable lubricious hydrogel coating thereon. This method has a minimized adverse impact on the mechanical properties of silicone hydrogel lens body.