Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

J&j Vision Care, Inc.

Xiaoping Lin

Frank F Molock, Jr

Diana Zanini

Michael R Clark

Robert N Love

Annie C Maiden

Carrie L Caison

David Curtis Turner

Shivkumar Mahadevan

Kevin P McCabe

Jonathan Patrick Adams

Dominic P Gourd

Dharmesh K Dubey

Andrew J Wagner

Jeffery S Longo

Frank Mclock

Lenora C Copper

A method for coating hydrogel and silicone hydrogel articles, and articles made by the method, are provided in which the coating is first applied to the molding surface in which an article-forming material will be cured to form the article. The method permits the thickness and uniformity of the coating to be more easily controlled than in known coating methods.

Method for coating articles by mold transfer

The invention is the method of preparing macromer for use in making ophthalmic lenses comprising combining two or more monomers and using a macromer-forming catalyst, wherein the macromer-forming catalyst comprises triethylamine or bismuth.

Macromer forming catalysts

The present invention relates to (meth)acrylamide monomers of the formula: wherein R is H or CH, Ris selected from H, substituted and unsubstituted alkyl groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, substituted and unsubstituted benzene and toluene groups and and R, Rand Rare independently selected from alkyl groups having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, substituted and unsubstituted benzene and toluene groups, and &#x2014;OSiRRRwherein R, Rand Rare independently selected from the group consisting of straight or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. Polymers made therefrom are also disclosed.

(Meth)acrylamide monomers containing hydroxy and silicone functionalities

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Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

Xiaoping Lin