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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Steve Yun Zhang, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Daqing Wu, Suwanee, GA (US);
Junhao Ge, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Richard Charles Breitkopf, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Xinming Qian, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Zach Munoz, Smyrna, GA (US);
Matthew D. Nelson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Augustine Twum Kumi, Grayson, GA (US);
Weihong Lang, Suwanee, GA (US);
Ying Zheng, Suwanee, GA (US);
Feng Jing, Snellville, GA (US);
Frank Chang, Cumming, GA (US);
Alcon Inc., Fribourg, CH;
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.