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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2005
Yongxing Qiu, Duluth, GA (US);
Lynn Cook Winterton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
John Martin Lally, Lilburn, GA (US);
Yasuo Matsuzawa, Roswell, GA (US);
Rafael Victor Andino, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Allen Gilliard, Buford, GA (US);
Yongxing Qiu, Duluth, GA (US);
Lynn Cook Winterton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
John Martin Lally, Lilburn, GA (US);
Yasuo Matsuzawa, Roswell, GA (US);
Rafael Victor Andino, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Allen Gilliard, Buford, GA (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
This invention provides a method for efficiently applying a coating to each of a plurality of objects selected from the group consisting of ophthalmic lenses, molds for making ophthalmic lenses, and other medical devices, the method comprising dipping the plurality of objects into a coating bath containing a coating solution having a coating material; and creating with a means a convective current flow and thereby forcing a coating solution flowing over and under each of the plurality of ophthalmic lenses. In a preferred embodiment, the plurality of objects are held in baskets which are pre-conditioned to have a first layer of polyelectrolytes and a second layer of aqueous solution or have a mixed layer of polyelectrolytes and aqueous solution on the surfaces of the baskets.