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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2005
Robert Steffen, Webster, NY (US);
Kevin Mccabe, St. Augustine Beach, FL (US);
David Turner, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Azaam Alli, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Kent Young, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Cristina Schnider, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Gregory A. Hill, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Robert Steffen, Webster, NY (US);
Kevin McCabe, St. Augustine Beach, FL (US);
David Turner, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Azaam Alli, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Kent Young, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Cristina Schnider, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Gregory A. Hill, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to soft contact lenses having an overall comfort preference of at least about 2 to 1 as compared to an Acuvue® contact lens and measured after one week of daily wear. The present invention further relates to a soft contact lens comprising an oxygen transmissibility greater than about 70 barrers/mm and physical properties suitable to provide wearer comfort over at least about 9 hours in at least about 80% of wearers, as measured in a randomized, double masked clinical study.