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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Applicants:
Terry L. Spaulding, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Keith B. Herrin, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Terry L. Spaulding, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Keith B. Herrin, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method for producing tinted contact lenses in which diffusion of monomer into the colorant is aided by heating of the molds. The invention provides a method, and lenses produced by that method, that reduces the residual, unbound polymer on the lens surface and lens surface roughness.