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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Rumiko Kitagawa, Otsu, JP;
Masataka Nakamura, Otsu, JP;
TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A medical device including an internal wetting agent and a copolymer of a silicone monomer and satisfying the following conditions: (1) that the internal wetting agent contains a copolymer of an open-chain compound having an acidic group and an open-chain compound having an amide group; (2) that the internal wetting agent is contained in the range of from 0.1 to 10% by mass with respect to the whole medical device; and (3) that the copolymer of a silicone monomer has a hydroxyl group and that the content ratio of the hydroxyl group in the silicone monomer is in the range of from 0.0005 to 0.01 equivalents/g. A medical device containing an internal wetting agent and having excellent transparency and hydrophilicity can be obtained.