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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Jacksonville, FL (US);
James D. Ford, Fleming Island, FL (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/04 (2006.01); C08L 83/04 (2006.01); C08G 77/56 (2006.01); C08L 83/06 (2006.01); C08K 5/55 (2006.01); C08L 33/10 (2006.01); C08G 77/16 (2006.01); C08G 77/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/043 (2013.01); C08G 77/56 (2013.01); C08K 5/55 (2013.01); C08L 33/10 (2013.01); C08L 83/04 (2013.01); C08L 83/06 (2013.01); C08G 77/16 (2013.01); C08G 77/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed in this specification is a method for forming a silicone hydrogel material that is useful for forming contact lens materials. The method includes using an effective amount of a borate additive to reduce the gel time of the silicone hydrogel reactive mixture and/or enhance the optical properties of the resulting cured material.