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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Ryo Matsushita, Kasugai, JP;
Kazuharu Niwa, Kasugai, JP;
Akihisa Sugiyama, Kasugai, JP;
Menicon Co., Ltd., Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A contact lens excellent in optical property, offering favorable feeling during the use thereof, and capable of continuous uses, which is composed of a hard portion in the central part and a soft portion in the periphery of the central part is provided. The contact lens comprising two kinds of polymers and having a hard portion arranged in the central part thereof and a soft portion arranged in the periphery of the central part, wherein a monomer mixture forming the hard portion contains at least one silicone-containing monomer, and the monomer mixture forming the hard portion and a monomer mixture forming the soft portion each contain at least one common hydrophilic monomer.