Hoya Corporation

Japan Institute of Advanced Dentistry

Adell Co., Ltd.

Takeyuki Sawamoto

Shigeo Komiya

Eiichi Masuhara

Niro Tarumi

Tetsuro Izumitani

Shusuke Kimura

Kiyomi Sanbonmatsu

Yumiko Satou

Koji Ozeki

Kensuke Nakajima

Noboru Nishiyama

Mayumi Kageyama

Masashi Nomura

Tsuyoshi Ohkubo

Reisuke Okada

Hiroshi Sakai

Akira Ikushima

Satoko Maeda

Koichi Ishida

A photopolymerizable adhesive consisting of Compound (1) which contains at least one (meth)acryloxy group as a polymerizing group in its molecule, and other structures constructed from the group(s) selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkyloxy group, polyalkoxy group, siloxanyl group and the substituted group thereof substituted by fluorine, hydroxy or alkoxy group; Compound (2) selected from (meth)acrylic acids, hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates, (meth)acryloxyalkyl succinic acids, trialkoxyvinyl silanes and .gamma.-(meth)acryloxyalkyl trialkoxy silanes; and Compound (3) selected from hydroxyacetophenones, acetophenones, glyoxy esters and camphorquinones, wherein said adhesive comprises 3 to 60 wt % of the compound (2), and 0.1 to 2 wt % of the Compound (3).

Photopolymerizable adhesive composition

Photopolymerization initiator for visible light-polymerizing adhesive

Photocuring adhesive containing an oligo siloxanyl di(meth)acrylate

Photosetting resin for making strong, tough resin articles

An intraocular lens whose optic or optic and haptic are composed of a substantially soft polymer obtained by curing a composition comprising:

Intraocular lens

A method to continuousky harden light-curable resins, by irradiating at least one shaped article made of a light-curable resin by continuously moving the article past a multiplicity of light sources while changing the flux of the irradiated light in multiple steps corresponding to the moving positions of the object and an apparatus to accomplish this method including means to continuously move the article relative to the multiple irradiation sources and means to adjust the flux density in multiple steps corresponding to the moving positions of the article. Specifically, the flux density of the light irradiated on the moving article is changed stepwide depending upon the position and the location of the article and the polymerization speed of the article and the hardening depth can be controlled in relation to its position and time.

Method and apparatus for continuous hardening of light-curing resins

A method and apparatus to continuously harden articles made of visible light-curable resins, including continuously moving the articles to be hardened relative to a multiplicity of sources of visible light which are independently controllable to be able to vary the radiation to which the articles is exposed during its passage while independently controlling the temperature at which this takes place; and apparatus to accomplish this such that a large number of the objects to be irradiated passing through the hardening apparatus have the same exposure history to the visible light and to heating or cooling respectively. As the result, there is substantially no variation in the physical properties of these photo-polymerized products.

Method and apparatus for continuous hardening of visible light-curing

The present invention relates to a substrate for information-recording media, which is formed of a polymer containing a specific acrylate-based monomer as an essential component. Since the acrylate-based monomer has a rigid skeleton similar to that of bisphenol A, the substrate for recording media, formed of the polymer of such a monomer, has high hardness and excellent heat resistance. Further, due to six fluorine atoms that the acrylate-based monomer contains, the substrate has advantages of low water absorptivity and easy die removability.

Substrate for information-recording media

The contact lens of the present invention consisting of a polymer comprising, as an essential component, at least one fluorine-containing monomer represented by the general formula ##STR1## (R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently H or CH.sub.3 and may be the same or different, l is an integer of 1-5, m is an integer of 1-2, n is an integer of 4-10, p is an integer of 8 or more, q is an integer of 0 or more, and p+q=2n+1), has high transparency, improved oxygen permeability, flexibility, hydrophilicity and no water absorbability.

Contact lens

The contact lens of the present invention is produced by a process comprising a step of irradiating a transparent polymeric material with charged particles and a step of applying an etching treatment to the resulting material to form microfine holes therein along the tracks of the charged particles.

Process for producing contact lens

A contact lens is made hydrophilic by contacting the lens with a treating solution containing a hydrophilic monomer, at least one photosensitizer selected from aromatic ketones or quinones, and a sovlent, and thereafter irradiating the contact lens with ultraviolet light.

Method for making contact lens hydrophilic

A high-hydration contact lens having a high strength is disclosed which is made of a copolymer composed of (i) 40 to 90 wt. % of N,N-dimethyl acrylamide, (ii) 5 to 50 wt. % of a hydrophobic monomer, (iii) 0.1 to 10 wt. % of an unsaturated carboxylic acid having one ethylenically unsaturated bond, and (iv) 0.01 to 5.0 wt. % of a crosslinking agent, wherein the hydrophobic monomer is selected from the group consisting of phenyl acrylates, benzyl acrylates, phenyl methacrylates, benzyl methacrylates, alkyl acrylates, alkyl methacrylates, cyclohexyl acrylates and cyclohexyl methacrylates, and the crosslinking agent is selected from those represented by formula (I), (II), or (III) ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a is an integer of 2 to 23, and b and c each is an integer of 2 to 14.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takeyuki Sawamoto