Hoya Lens Corporation

Hoya Lens Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Hoya Lens (hoya Lens Corporation)

Makoto Tsuchiya

Niro Tarumi

Eiichi Masuhara

Shigeo Komiya

Yoshinori Kadoma

Kazunori Kawamura

Mitsuo Sugimura

Shinichi Yamashita

Kunio Sasaki

Yuuichi Yokoyama

Yuichi Yokoyama

When trifluoroethyl methacrylate, hexafluoroisopropyl methacrylate, pentafluoro-n-propyl methacrylate and/or pentafluoro-n-butyl methacrylate which are fluorine-containing monomers, are added to a conventional monomer mixture for producing a soft contact lens, the resulting soft contact lens has the same optical properties and elasticity as conventional soft contact lenses have, and is very superior to the conventional ones in resistance to deposit and in shape stability.

Soft contact lens

Oxygen-permeable hard contact lens

A high refractive lens of a terpolymer produced by the polymerization of ternary monomers comprising diethylene glycol bisallyl carbonate, triallylisocyanurate, and benzyl methacrylate. This lens is considerably improved in its physical properties necessary for lens such as superficial hardness, transmittance, and adhesion strength of glass film coated on the surface, as well as having a high refractive index.

Terpolymer with a high refractive index

Plastic eyeglass lenses and the like are marked with an identifying character or symbol by applying to the surface thereof or dissolving or comelting therein a flourescent dyestuff according to the disclosed method. When the proper amount of flourescent dyestuff is included the lens appears normal in sunlight but is characteristically marked in whole or in part under ultraviolet light depending on the area treated.

Method for marking an indication to the lens

The present invention relates to a copolymer for high refractive lens having a refractive index equal to or higher than 1.55, obtained by copolymerization of one or more of the first monomer component having the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 signifies hydrogen atom or methyl radical, R.sub.2 signifies hydrogen atom or methyl radical, and m and n signify integers 0 to 4 in total, with one or more of the radically polymerizable second monomer component, homo-polymer of which has a refractive index equal to or higher than 1.55 and, if necessary, with the radically polymerizable third monomer component, the homo-polymer of which has a refractive index lower than 1.55 and to the lens prepared from said copolymer.

Highly refractive copolymer of an ethylinically unsaturated alkylene

A soft contact lens having a water content of at least 45% and a tensile strength of at least 100 g/mm.sup.2 can be produced by pouring into a mold a composition consisting of 70 to 93% by weight of an alkylene glycol monoacrylate or monomethacrylate, 0.3 to 2.0% by weight of a polyfunctional monomer, 1 to 10% by weight of a monomer having at least one carboxyl group in its molecule and 5 to 20% by weight of an acrylic or methacrylic acid derivative, raising the temperature of the composition from 35.degree. C to 110.degree. C continuously to effect polymerization, processing the resulting formed product into a lens, and then swelling the lens thus obtained by hydration treatment including alkali treatment.

Process for producing soft contact lenses

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Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Tsuchiya