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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2011
Yongxing Qiu, Duluth, GA (US);
John Dallas Pruitt, Suwanee, GA (US);
Chandana Kolluru, Suwanee, GA (US);
Maria A. Dunkle, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Yasuo Matsuzawa, Roswell, GA (US);
Yongxing Qiu, Duluth, GA (US);
John Dallas Pruitt, Suwanee, GA (US);
Chandana Kolluru, Suwanee, GA (US);
Maria A. Dunkle, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Yasuo Matsuzawa, Roswell, GA (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of coating and thereby affecting the surface properties of a substrate such as a contact lens or other ophthalmic device. The method comprises the steps of generating an atmospheric plasma flow from a working gas and controlling the continuity of the atmospheric plasma flow with a power generator, and, introducing the atmospheric plasma flow to a substrate surface.