Mesh size control of lubrication in gemini hydrogels

A device comprises a surface that is a hydrogel having a targeted mesh size that permits a low-speed friction coefficient near or lower that that typically reported for cartilage of 0.01 to 0.02, a transition. The device can be a contact lens to sit on the cornea where, during a blink, eyelid slides...

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Hauptverfasser:	Pitenis, Angela A, Nixon, Ryan M, Angelini, Thomas E, Schulze, Kyle D, Sawyer, Wallace G, Uruena, Juan Manuel
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS METALLURGY OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A device comprises a surface that is a hydrogel having a targeted mesh size that permits a low-speed friction coefficient near or lower that that typically reported for cartilage of 0.01 to 0.02, a transition. The device can be a contact lens to sit on the cornea where, during a blink, eyelid slides past the eye surface at about 100 mm s−1. The hydrodynamic lubrication of the hydrogel of the device separates the contact lens surface from the surfaces of the tarsal conjunctiva and marginal conjunctiva of the eyelid. Other devices that can comprise the hydrogel of a targeted mesh size are those that can contact cartilage of articulating joints.