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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2009
Joseph J. Bango, Jr., New Haven, CT (US);
Lyle Bowman, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Gary Wnek, Cleveland, OH (US);
Shachar Tauber, Ozark, MO (US);
Randall Fuerst, Orangevale, CA (US);
Joseph J. Bango, Jr., New Haven, CT (US);
Lyle Bowman, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Gary Wnek, Cleveland, OH (US);
Shachar Tauber, Ozark, MO (US);
Randall Fuerst, Orangevale, CA (US);
Ocugenics, LLC, Orangevale, CA (US);
Abstract
Electrospun fibers are utilized to improve the mechanical characteristics of a contact lens reducing the weight and mechanical strength of the polymers from which the lenses are typically formed. Electrospun fibers are also utilized as a drug delivery system, both through direct use in the eye and by inclusion of the fibers in a contact lens. The fibers are loaded with therapeutic drugs by a variety of methods and processed by coating and cross-linking the fibers.