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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172395 | Medical devices having antimicrobial coatings thereon The present invention provides a medical device, preferably a contact lens, which comprises an antimicrobial LbL coating containing one or more antimicrobial pepetides. The antimicrobial coating of the invention can impart to the medical an increased surface hydroph... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8163206 | Method for making silicone hydrogel contact lenses The invention provide a method for making silicone hydrogel based on the Lightstream Technology from a monomer mixture with a curing time of less than about 100 seconds. The present invention is also related to silicone hydrogel contact lenses made according to meth... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8147897 | Cross-linkable polyionic coatings for medical devices A method for making an article comprising a core material and a coating thereon, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing the core material; (b) applying one or more layers of a crosslinkable polycationic material, wherein the polycationic mat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147728 | Pad transfer printing of silicone hydrogel lenses using colored ink The present invention provides a method for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: (a) applying a color coat to at least a portion of at least one of molding surfaces of a lens mold with an ink, wherein t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142835 | Method for coating silicone hydrogels The invention relates to a process for producing biomedical articles, in particular, silicone hydrogel contact lenses having durable hydrophilic chitosan coating. The chitosan coating is covalently attached to the medical device by performing a crosslinking reaction... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8091568 | Temporal photo-bleaching of colored lens care solutions and use thereof The present invention provides a lens care kit for disinfecting and cleaning contact lenses. The lens care kit of the invention allows customers to visually identify when their lenses are disinfected, clean, and ready to wear. The invention is relied on color change... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088313 | Process for the manufacture of mouldings A measured amount of a material that is crosslinkable by impingement of a suitable form of energy, especially UV light, is introduced into a two-part mould of which the cavity determines the shape of a moulding to be produced. The two mould halves are held a small d... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079703 | Silicone-containing polymeric materials with hydrolyzable groups The invention provides a silicone hydrogel contact lens including a hydrolyzable units. The hydrolyzable units can be converted by hydrolysis into a hydrophilic units which is capable of imparting the silicone hydrogel contact lens a hydrophilic surface without post... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8071703 | Silicone-containing prepolymers with dangling hydrophilic polymer chains The invention provide a new class of silicone-containing prepolymers containing dangling hydrophilic polymer chains. This class of silicone-containing prepolymer is capable of being actinically crosslinked to form a silicone hydrogel material with a hydrophilic surf... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071696 | Amphiphilic block copolymers The invention relates to novel crosslinkable copolymers of formula wherein the variables are as defined in the claims. The copolymers of the invention are especially useful for the manufacture of biomedical moldings, for ex... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071658 | Prepolymers with dangling polysiloxane-containing polymer chains The invention provide a new class of silicone-containing prepolymers containing dangling polysiloxane-containing polymer chains. This class of silicone-containing prepolymer is capable of being actinically crosslinked to form a silicone hydrogel material with a rela... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062607 | Lens care methods and kits The present invention provides a lens care kit for disinfecting and cleaning contact lenses. The lens care kit of the invention allows customers to visually identify when their lenses are disinfected, clean, and ready to wear. The invention is relied on color change... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8048968 | Polysiloxane copolymers with terminal hydrophilic polymer chains The invention provides an actinically-crosslinkable linear polysiloxane copolymer. The actinically-crosslinkable polysiloxane copolymer can be used to prepare a silicone hydrogel contact lens having a hydrophilic surface without post-curing surface treatment. The in... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044112 | Method for applying a coating onto a silicone hydrogel lens The invention provides a cost-effective method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens having an LbL coating thereon that is not covalently attached to the lens and has good hydrophilicity, intactness and durability. The method comprises LbL coating at high temp... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044111 | Actinically-crosslinkable silicone-containing block copolymers The invention provide a new class of silicone-containing prepolymers containing poly(oxyalkylene) blocks, polysiloxane blocks, and actinically-crosslinkable groups which are acryl groups, thiol groups, ene-containing groups or combinations thereof. A prepolymer of t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8030369 | Contact lenses with improved wearing comfort The invention relates to a biomedical molding, in particular a contact lens, which is obtainable by crosslinking, in a mold, an aqueous solution of a crosslinkable polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) prepolymer comprising at least 0.5 weight-%, based on the entire formulation, ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8003710 | Production of ophthalmic devices based on photo-induced step growth polymerization The invention provide a new lens curing method for making hydrogel contact lenses. The new lens curing method is based on actinically-induced step-growth polymerization. The invention also provides hydrogel contact lenses prepared from the method of the invention an... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7977430 | Crosslinkable polyurea prepolymers The present invention provides a water-soluble crosslinkable polyurea prepolymer. The crosslinkable polyurea prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an amine- or isocyanate-capped polyurea with a multifunctional compound having at least one one ethylenic... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7968050 | Method for sterilization of hydrogel contact lenses The present invention provides an aqueous solution for sterilizing and storing ophthalmic devices, preferably a contact lens, made of a hydrogel material, preferably a poly(oxyalkylene)-containing hydrogel material. The solution comprises one or more organic buffer ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956135 | Organic compounds The invention relates to novel crosslinkable copolymers of formula wherein the variables are as defined in the claims. The copolymers of the invention are especially useful for the manufacture of biomedical moldings, for ex... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7901706 | Materials containing multiple layers of vesicles The present invention provides a composite material, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens, which comprises a vesicle-containing coating including at least one layer of a vesicle and one layer of a polyionic material having charges opposite... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7888426 | Polymerizable materials The present invention provides a polymerizable material for making a polymeric article, the polymerizable material comprising: a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol having crosslinkable groups; and a modifier in an amount sufficient to improve one or more physical prope... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7847016 | Tinted, high DK ophthalmic molding and a method for making same The invention relates to ophthalmic molding formulations and to tinted, high Dk ophthalmic moldings. This invention also relates to a method for making a tinted ophthalmic molding, particularly edge-to-edge soft, tinted contact lenses having improved properties, are... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845615 | Plastic castings molds The invention is concerned with the problem that with known plastic casting moulds, especially those of polypropylene, the lenses produced with these moulds have a slippery surface. The invention solves this problem through the use of polymers which are notable for ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7875660 | Biomedical devices having improved surface characteristics Biomedical devices, such as ophthalmic lenses, and methods of making such devices having a surface coating including at least one polyionic layer. A preferred method involves spray coating a polycationic material onto a core lens, rinsing and drying the lens, follow... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7860594 | Method for making opthalmic devices The present invention provides a method for making an ophthalmic device. In particular, the present invention provides a method for production of a contact lens by means of stereolithography. A preferred stereolithography technique is based on polymerization and sol... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858337 | Process for the manufacture of a composite material The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a composite materials comprising the steps of (a) providing a hydrophobic organic bulk material, and (b) applying a hydrophilic surface coating on the hydrophobic organic bulk material by first non-covalently... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858000 | Method of making silicone hydrogel contact lenses The invention provides a cost-effective method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens which has a good wettable coating with a good durability. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7810925 | Bifocal contact lens A contact lens having near vision and distance vision portions, the lens being movable on the eye between first and second positions, those positions corresponding with aligning the wearer's vision through the near vision and distance vision portions respectively. T... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798639 | Method for applying lubricious coating to a polymeric article The present invention provides a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens, which comprises a lubricious coating including a capping layer of polyvinylpyrrolidone and/or at least one layer of a lubricious coating material and on... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7795359 | Continuous process for production of polymeric materials The invention provides a continuous-flow process for producing a polymeric material. The process of the invention comprises the steps of: introducing at least two solutions, each comprising one or more reactants, into a microreactor to mix the two solutions to form ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7780293 | Automatic lens design and manufacturing system The present invention provides a method for designing and making a customized ophthalmic lens, such as a contact lens or an intraocular lens, capable of correcting high-order aberrations of an eye. The posterior surface of the customized contact lens is designed to ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775663 | Automatic lens design and manufacturing system The present invention provides a method for designing and making a customized ophthalmic lens, such as a contact lens or an intraocular lens, capable of correcting high-order aberrations of an eye. The posterior surface of the customized contact lens is designed to ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7762667 | Automatic lens design and manufacturing system The present invention provides a method for designing and making a customized ophthalmic lens, such as a contact lens or an intraocular lens, capable of correcting high-order aberrations of an eye. The posterior surface of the customized contact lens is designed to ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7744785 | Method for preparing silicone hydrogels The present invention provides a method and a formulation for consistently producing a silicone hydrogel material having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high ion permeability, and low modulus, and contact lenses prepared from a formulation of the inv... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7723402 | Ink formulations and uses thereof The present invention provides a chemical ink comprises a solvent, a binder polymer, a colorant and optionally a crosslinker. The ink of the invention has one or more of the following characteristics: a viscosity lower than about 50 centipoises; a surface tension of... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722808 | Method and kits for sterilizing and storing soft contact lenses The present invention provides a method and a container for sterilizing a soft contact lens and for providing a sterilized storage package of the soft contact lens maintained in a packaging solution. By using the method and container of the invention, deformations o... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7705067 | Biomedical device having improved surface characteristics Biomedical devices, such as ophthalmic lenses, and methods of making such devices having a surface coating including at least one polyionic layer. A preferred method involves spray coating a polycationic material onto a core lens, rinsing and drying the lens, follow... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7671156 | Silicone hydrogels The present invention provides silicone hydrogel materials having relatively high oxygen permeability and a relatively low modulus. The relatively-low modulus is achieved by adding a chain transfer agent into a polymerizable fluid composition in an amount sufficient... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669946 | Ink jet printing system for printing colored images on contact lenses The present invention provides a method for making colored contact lenses and an apparatus for implementing the method of the invention. The apparatus of the invention comprises a securing means for holding a contact lens or a portion of a mold for making the contac... | 03/02/2010 |
