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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2007
Arturo Norberto Medina, Suwanee, GA (US);
Robert Scott, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Dawn Alison Smith, Duluth, GA (US);
Arturo Norberto Medina, Suwanee, GA (US);
Robert Scott, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Dawn Alison Smith, Duluth, GA (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The invention provide a new lens curing method for making hydrogel contact lenses. The new lens curing method is based on actinically-induced step-growth polymerization. The invention also provides hydrogel contact lenses prepared from the method of the invention and fluid compositions for making hydrogel contact lenses based on the new lens curing method. In addition, the invention provide prepolymers capable of undergoing actinically-induced step-growth polymerization to form hydrogel contact lenses.