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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Carlton Baron, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Qin Liu, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/00 ; B05D 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/00 ; B05D 3/06 ;
Abstract
A method of modifying the surface characteristics of a polymeric hydrogel, and a polymer article formed therefrom, without causing substantial swelling or distortion or the hydrogel. A preferred method includes photoinitating of the surface of the article with a benzophenone and grafting a macromer having a number-average molecular weight greater than 1000 in the presence of UV irradiation. The preferred article is a siloxane-containing hydrogel, especially a soft contact lens.