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7399795 Surface modification of contact lenses  
Provided are surface modified contact lenses formed from one or more fumaric- or itaconic-containing prepolymers having reactive functionality that is complimentary to reactive hydrophilic polymers.
7377637 Hybrid contact lens system and method of fitting  
A hybrid contact lens comprises a substantially rigid zone having an aspheric base curve with a given apical radius and a substantially flexible hydrophilic peripheral portion coupled to the...
7329001 Methods for improving the hydrophilicity of contact lenses and contact lenses having the same  
The present invention relates to contact lenses manufactured using a gas permeable material with improved hydrophilicity. A method for improving the hydrophilicity of the contact lens includes...
7322694 Hybrid contact lens system and method  
A hybrid contact lens comprises a central zone comprising a substantially rigid, gas permeable material having a DK of at least 30, a relatively soft peripheral zone and an intermediate zone...
7297725 Biomedical devices having improved surface characteristics  
Biomedical devices, such as ophthalmic lenses, and methods of making such devices having a surface coating including at least one polyionic layer. A preferred method involves spray coating a...
7287852 Intra-ocular lens or contact lens exhibiting large depth of focus  
Circular and annular lens zones are disclosed which, at a given lens area, exhibit a depth of focus of a lens of considerably smaller area. The large depth of focus is achieved by imparting the...
7279507 Contact lenses  
An interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) composition and a process for the manufacture of hydrogel contact lens using the invention material. The polymeric materials are formed by polymerization...
7278739 Adaptive optic lens system and method of use  
An lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive...
7268198 Silicone hydrogel contact lenses  
Silicone hydrogels, including vinyl carbonate endcapped polysiloxanes containing a fluorinated side chain, are useful as biomaterials, especially hydrogel biomaterials, including contact lens...
7249849 Contact lenses with blended microchannels  
Contact lenses for use in eyes are provided and include a lens body and a plurality of microchannels defined in a posterior face of the lens body. The microchannels are structured to promote...
7249848 Wettable hydrogels comprising reactive, hydrophilic, polymeric internal wetting agents  
The present invention relates to wettable silicone hydrogels comprising the reaction product of at least one siloxane containing component and at least one reactive, hydrophilic polymeric internal...
7247692 Biomedical devices containing amphiphilic block copolymers  
This invention relates to wettable biomedical devices comprising amphiphilic block copolymers. The amphiphilic block copolymers are useful as internal wetting agents for biomedical applications,...
7201481 Contact lens  
This invention is directed to ophthalmic materials and ophthalmic lenses that are a co-polymerization product of a (a) hydrophilic monomer with (b) a tris(siloxy)silyl group-containing monomer, (c)...
7163292 Hybrid contact lens system and method  
Methods of manufacturing hybrid contact lenses using a mold are provided. The methods include pouring liquefied resin of a substantially rigid material within an inner section, curing the...
7159979 Rotationally stabilized contact lenses  
The invention provides a lens in which the lens periphery is controlled as to each of thickness differential and both the rate of change from thinner to thicker regions and the shape of the...
7152975 Junctionless ophthalmic lenses and methods for making same  
Methods for producing a junctionless ophthalmic lens are provided. Additionally, ophthalmic lenses having junctionless, three dimensional surfaces, for example, asymmetrical anterior and/or...
7134753 Contact lens having a uniform horizontal thickness profile  
A contact lens having a rotational stabilization mechanism thereon, such as prism ballast, and a thickness profile that reduces the torque imparted on the lens by the action of the eyelids,...
7133174 Contact lens having a uniform horizontal thickness profile  
A contact lens having a rotational stabilization mechanism thereon, such as prism ballast, and a thickness profile that reduces the torque imparted on the lens by the action of the eyelids,...
7104648 Hybrid contact lens system and method  
A method of manufacturing a hybrid contact lens having a substantially rigid center portion and a substantially flexible outer portion, comprising forming the substantially rigid center portion,...
7097302 Rigid gas permeable contact lens with 3-part curvature  
A contact lens for wearing on a patient's eye comprises an anterior surface adapted to face away from the eye and a posterior surface adapted to face toward the eye. The posterior surface has an...
7097301 Hybrid contact lens system and method  
A hybrid hard-soft contact lens is provided. Several embodiments of the invention include methods of coupling the hard and soft sections of the contact lens. Other embodiments of the invention...
7080905 Contact lenses with blended microchannels  
Contact lenses for use in eyes are provided and include a lens body and a plurality of microchannels defined in a posterior face of the lens body. The microchannels are structured to promote...
7052131 Biomedical devices containing internal wetting agents  
This invention includes a wettable biomedical device containing a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer and a hydroxyl-functionalized silicone-containing monomer.
7040756 Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting therefrom  
The present invention generally relates to a method of modifying the surface of substrates such as contact lenses and other biomedical articles by at least partially coating the surfaces of such...
7036931 Ophthalmic lenses  
The present invention provides an ophthalmic lens capable of correcting or minimizing presbyopia, or of functioning used as an anti-myopic lens. The ophthalmic lens can be a contact lens, a phakic...
7036930 Methods for reducing corneal staining in contact lens wearers  
The invention provides lenses in which peak pressure under the lens wearer's eyelids is reduced. The invention provides lens designs that reduce or eliminate mechanical chaffing of the cornea even...
7029117 Contact lens and contact lens design method  
Disclosed is a contact lens having a refractive power ranging from −15.0 to +15.0 diopters in an optical zone thereof, wherein a back optical zone is a conical surface having a conic coefficient...
7021760 Soft contact lens capable of engagement with an eye either right way out or inside out  
A soft contact lens for fitting to an eye of a wearer in either a right way out orientation or in an inside out orientation; the lens including first and second generally arcuate surfaces each...
7018040 Stabilized electro-active contact lens  
An electro-active contact lens system and a method for making the electro-active contact lens system is disclosed. The system includes a contact lens, an electro-active element attached to the...
7018039 Contact lens  
A contact lens is provided. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for fitting and prescribing a contact lens. Another embodiment of the present invention comprises a contact...
6971746 Contact lens having a uniform horizontal thickness profile  
A contact lens having a rotational stabilization mechanism thereon, such as prism ballast, and a thickness profile that reduces the torque imparted on the lens by the action of the eyelids,...
6966649 Adaptive optic lens system and method of use  
An lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive...
6958169 Surface treatment of medical device  
A method for improving the wettability of a medical device involves: (a) providing a medical device formed from a monomer mixture comprising a hydrophilic device-forming monomer including a...
6957891 Ophthalmic lens with surface structures  
A lens, particularly a contact lens, including surface structures on at least one of the lens surfaces. The surface structures improve lubrication conditions of the lens and increase lens comfort....
6955432 Contact lens placement instrument  
A contact lens placement instrument which places a contact lens on the eye and, using a puff of air releases the lens, the procedure may be performed with a corrective lens or a magnifying mirror...
6940580 Polymeric articles having a lubricious coating and method for making the same  
The present invention provides a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens, which comprises a lubricious coating including a capping layer of...
6939005 Rotationally stabilized contact lenses  
The invention provides a lens in which the lens periphery is controlled as to each of thickness differential and both the rate of change from thinner to thicker regions and the shape of the...
6926965 LbL-coated medical device and method for making the same  
The present invention provides a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens, which comprises a core material and a biocompatible LbL coating non-covalently...
6923539 Aspheric lenses  
The present invention provides monofocal ophthalmic lenses that exhibit extended depth of field while providing sufficient contrast for resolution of an image over a selected range of defocus...
6923538 Method for cast moulding contact lenses with a rounded edge form  
Methods for producing contact lenses include providing a back surface tool having a surface generally corresponding to a desired contact lens surface and a convex curve along an outer radius...
6896368 Multifocal soft contact lens with horizontally decentered lenslet and indicator marking  
A multifocal soft contact lens has a main carrier lens with a distance vision axis coincident with its geometric center and extending transversely through the intersection of transverse horizontal...
6891010 Silicone hydrogels based on vinyl carbonate endcapped fluorinated side chain polysiloxanes  
Vinyl carbonate endcapped polysiloxanes containing a fluorinated side chain are useful as biomaterials, especially hydrogel biomaterials, including contact lens materials.
6886936 Contact lenses with blended microchannels  
Contact lenses for use in eyes are provided and include a lens body and a plurality of microchannels defined in a posterior face of the lens body. The microchannels are structured to promote...
6861123 Silicone hydrogel contact lens  
The invention provides molds and mold inserts useful in the production of contact lenses. In particular, the invention provides high optical quality molds and inserts useful for manufacturing...
6858310 Renewable surface treatment of silicone medical devices with reactive hydrophilic polymers  
The present invention is directed toward the renewable surface treatment of medical devices such as contact lenses and medical implants. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method...
6858248 Method for applying a coating to a medical device  
This invention provides a method for efficiently applying a coating to each of a plurality of objects selected from the group consisting of ophthalmic lenses, molds for making ophthalmic lenses,...
6857740 Contact lens having a uniform horizontal thickness profile  
A contact lens having a rotational stabilization mechanism thereon, such as prism ballast, and a thickness profile that reduces the torque imparted on the lens by the action of the eyelids,...
6852793 Low water content, high refractive index, flexible, polymeric compositions  
Optically transparent, relatively high refractive index polymeric compositions and ophthalmic devices such as intraocular lenses and corneal inlays made therefrom are described herein. The...
6846875 Hydrogels and methods for their production  
The present invention relates to new hydrogels with improved mechanical properties and methods of their preparation. The hydrogels are formed from hydrophilic polymers having function hydroxyl...
6830332 Ophthalmic lens  
According to the invention the ophthalmic lens further comprises a refractive part comprising at least one surface, which is configured to compensate a passing wavefront at least partly for at...