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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2010
Paul Clement Nicolson, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Richard Carlton Baron, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Peter Chabrecek, Riehen, CH;
John Court, Ultimo, AU;
Angelika Domschke, Duluth, GA (US);
Hans Jorg Griesser, The Patch, AU;
Arthur Ho, Randwick, AU;
Jens Hopken, Lorrach, DE;
Bronwyn Glenice Laycock, Heidelberg Heights, AU;
Qin Liu, Corvallis, OR (US);
Dieter Lohmann, Munchenstein, CH;
Gordon Francis Meijs, Murrumbeena, AU;
Eric Papaspiliotopoulos, Paddington, AU;
Judy Smith Riffle, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Klaus Schindhelm, Cherrybrook, AU;
Deborah Sweeney, Roseville, AU;
Wilson Leonard Terry, Jr., Gainesville, FL (US);
Jurgen Vogt, Duluth, GA (US);
Lynn Cook Winterton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Paul Clement Nicolson, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Richard Carlton Baron, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Peter Chabrecek, Riehen, CH;
John Court, Ultimo, AU;
Angelika Domschke, Duluth, GA (US);
Hans Jorg Griesser, The Patch, AU;
Arthur Ho, Randwick, AU;
Jens Hopken, Lorrach, DE;
Bronwyn Glenice Laycock, Heidelberg Heights, AU;
Qin Liu, Corvallis, OR (US);
Dieter Lohmann, Munchenstein, CH;
Gordon Francis Meijs, Murrumbeena, AU;
Eric Papaspiliotopoulos, Paddington, AU;
Judy Smith Riffle, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Klaus Schindhelm, Cherrybrook, AU;
Deborah Sweeney, Roseville, AU;
Wilson Leonard Terry, Jr., Gainesville, FL (US);
Jurgen Vogt, Duluth, GA (US);
Lynn Cook Winterton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ciba Vision Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
An ophthalmic lens suited for extended-wear periods of at least one day on the eye without a clinically significant amount of corneal swelling and without substantial wearer discomfort. In one embodiment, an ophthalmic lens is a copolymerization product of at least one oxyperm, at least one ionoperm, and a crosslinker. In one embodiment, a lens has a tensile modulus of less than about 3.0 MPa, yet in another embodiment, the tensile modulus is between about 0.5 to about 1.5 MPa.