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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:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Charles Freeman, Granbury, TX (US);
Inventor:
Charles Freeman, Granbury, TX (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment provides a biocompatible polymer composition suitable for making intraocular lenses, especially posterior chamber phakic lenses, that includes a hydrogel having an equilibrium water content of less than about 55 wt. %. The hydrogel has a refractive index greater than about 1.41 and a sodium ion flux between about 16 to about 20 μeq-mm/hr/cm.