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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:
Jul. 06, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald R Korb, Boston, MA (US);
Paul M Gallop, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignee:
Syntex (U.S.A.) Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; G02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
525350 ; 3511 / ; 525329 ; 525337 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of treating hydrogels formed from the polymerization of monomers having reactive olefinic double bonds by contacting them with reactive thiol compounds. In a preferred embodiment where the hydrogel structure includes a cis-glycol containing unit, a suitable thiol is used in conjunction with a borate buffer. The present invention also provides materials that are treated with the above thiol compounds.