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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Novartis Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventors:
Xinming Qian, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Frank Chang, Cumming, GA (US);
Yasuo Matsuzawa, Roswell, GA (US);
Venkat Shankar, Suwanee, GA (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02C 7/00 (2006.01); G02C 7/02 (2006.01); G02C 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 1/04 (2006.01); C08J 7/12 (2006.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/043 (2013.01); B29D 11/00067 (2013.01); B29D 11/00125 (2013.01); C08J 7/123 (2013.01); C08J 2383/08 (2013.01); C08J 2433/02 (2013.01); C08J 2471/00 (2013.01); C08J 2477/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is related to a method for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses with a stable lubricious hydrogel coating thereon. A method of the invention comprises forming a plasma-reactive hydrophilic polymer hybrid base coating having reactive functional groups on a silicone hydrogel contact lens and heating the silicone hydrogel contact lens with the hybrid base coating in an aqueous solution of a water-soluble and thermally crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material to form a stable lubricious hydrogel coating thereon.