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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2011
Neil Goodenough, Southampton, GB;
David Robert Morsley, Eastleigh, GB;
Ian Bruce, Southampton, GB;
Edyta S. Bialek, Southampton, GB;
Lee Darren Norris, Southampton, GB;
Neil Goodenough, Southampton, GB;
David Robert Morsley, Eastleigh, GB;
Ian Bruce, Southampton, GB;
Edyta S. Bialek, Southampton, GB;
Lee Darren Norris, Southampton, GB;
CooperVision International Holding Company, LP, St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
Ophthalmic device molds made from at least one water-soluble vinyl alcohol copolymer, ophthalmic devices such as ocular inserts and contact lenses and including silicone hydrogel devices formed using these molds, packaged ophthalmic devices present in a solution comprising the at least one water-soluble vinyl alcohol copolymer, and related methods are described. The methods of manufacturing ophthalmic devices can use wet demolding processes, or wet delensing processes or both wet demolding and wet delensing processes involving dissolving the molds in water or an aqueous solution.