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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2000
David C. Turner, Jacksonville, FL (US);
John C. Heaton, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Douglas G. Vanderlaan, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Robert B. Steffen, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US);
Joe M. Wood, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Lenora L. Copper, Jacksonville, FL (US);
James S. Jen, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Johnson & Johnson Vison Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention is a method of making a coated contact lens with desirable physiological performance. Preferably, the lenses are made from hydrophobic contact lens substrate with a hydrophilic coating material. The hydrophobic lens substrate is coated with a hydrophilic material having an expansion factor greater than one. The coated lenses have low physical defect and surface roughness profiles.