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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Leroy Wainaina Muya, Duluth, GA (US);
Howard Allen Ketelson, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/04 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); B65B 5/04 (2006.01); B65B 55/06 (2006.01); B65B 55/14 (2006.01); B65D 81/22 (2006.01); C08L 33/14 (2006.01); C08L 39/06 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); A61L 12/04 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01); B65B 25/00 (2006.01); B65B 55/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/049 (2013.01); A45C 11/005 (2013.01); A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 12/04 (2013.01); B29D 11/00067 (2013.01); B65B 5/04 (2013.01); B65B 25/008 (2013.01); B65B 55/06 (2013.01); B65B 55/14 (2013.01); B65B 55/22 (2013.01); B65D 81/22 (2013.01); C08L 33/14 (2013.01); C08L 39/06 (2013.01); C08L 2201/54 (2013.01); C08L 2203/02 (2013.01); G02C 2202/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to improved contact lens products which not only have an improved and sustainable wettability. The contact lens product of the invention comprises a soft hydrogel contact lens immersed and autoclaved in a packaging solution including a polyoxyethylene-polyoxybutylene block copolymer and a high molecular weight copolymer of N-vinylpyrrolidone and at least one amino-containing vinylic monomer. The present invention also provides methods for making contact lens products of the invention.