Method for making silicone hydrogel contact lenses

The invention provides a method for making silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The method of the invention is characterized by using an organic solvent as a processing-aid tool for controlling lens diameter without significantly affecting lens equilibrium water content during cast-molding of soft cont...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lang, Weihong, Wu, Daqing, Zhang, Steve Yun, Kumi, Augustine Twum, Breitkopf, Richard Charles, Ge, Junhao
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON 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:	The invention provides a method for making silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The method of the invention is characterized by using an organic solvent as a processing-aid tool for controlling lens diameter without significantly affecting lens equilibrium water content during cast-molding of soft contact lenses from a polymerizable composition. By adjusting the weight percentage of the organic solvent in a polymerizable composition for making SiHy contact lenses, one can adjust lens diameter of produced SiHy lenses to meet target without affecting adversely the lens properties.