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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:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Jay F. Kunzler, Canandaigua, NY (US);
David E. Seelye, North Chili, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jay F. Kunzler, Canandaigua, NY (US);
David E. Seelye, North Chili, NY (US);
Assignee:
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 30/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Silicone hydrogels, including vinyl carbonate endcapped polysiloxanes containing a fluorinated side chain, are useful as biomaterials, especially hydrogel biomaterials, including contact lens materials. The hydrogels are the hydrated polymerization product of a monomer mixture comprising a hydrophilic monomer and a polysiloxane-containing monomer, have an oxygen permeability of at least about 120 Barrers, a water content of at least about 20 weight percent, and a modulus no greater than about 83 g/mm.