METHOD OF FORMING SHAPED HYDROGEL ARTICLES INCLUDING CONTACT LENSES
Shaped hydrogel articles such as soft contact lenses are prepared by (1) molding or casting a polymerization mixture comprising: (a) a monomer mixture comprising a major proportion of a hydrophilic (meth)acrylate ester such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and a cross-linking monomer; and (b) a water...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English Korean |
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15.10.1998
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Edition | 6 |
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Summary: | Shaped hydrogel articles such as soft contact lenses are prepared by (1) molding or casting a polymerization mixture comprising: (a) a monomer mixture comprising a major proportion of a hydrophilic (meth)acrylate ester such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and a cross-linking monomer; and (b) a water-displaceable diluent, wherein said diluent has a viscosity of at least 100 MPa Sec at 30 DEG C, and wherein said diluent consists essentially of a boric acid ester of certain dihydric alcohols, said dihydric alcohols having Hansen polar ( delta p) and Hansen hydrogen bonding ( delta h) cohesion parameters falling within the area of a circle defined as having a center at delta h = 20.5, delta p = 13, and a radius of 8.5, to produce a shaped gel of a copolymer of said monomers and said diluent, and (2) thereafter replacing said diluent with water. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: KR19890017268 |