METHOD FOR DETERMINING COATING THICKNESS ON COATED CONTACT LENSES

The invention provides a method for imaging and thickness determination of coatings on coated contact lenses. The method comprises selectively staining a negatively-charged-groups-containing coating over the lens body of a coated contact lens by immersing the coated contact lens in an aqueous soluti...

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Hauptverfasser:	Dou, Jinbo, Zheng, Ying, Chang, Yuan, Zhang, Steve Yun, Sentell, Karen Belinda, Ge, Junhao
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS PHYSICS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention provides a method for imaging and thickness determination of coatings on coated contact lenses. The method comprises selectively staining a negatively-charged-groups-containing coating over the lens body of a coated contact lens by immersing the coated contact lens in an aqueous solution comprising a fluorescently-labeled polycationic polymer and having a pH of from about 6.5 to 8.0; orthogonally cutting the selectively-stained coated contact lens; and determining the thickness of the coating on the coated contact lens. In addition, the invention provides a method for selecting a candidate coating material comprising negatively charged groups for applying a coating with a desired thickness onto silicone hydrogel contact lenses and for optimizing a coating process for producing coated silicone hydrogel contact lenses with a desired thickness coating thereon.