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4433125 Oxygen permeable hard contact lens  
An oxygen permeable hard contact lens having an improved oxygen permeability and an improved fragility as well as excellent hardness and rigidity, made of a copolymer comprising an organosilane or...
4429956 Wet cornea telescope  
A wet cornea telescope permits a viewer to see a magnified image of a remotely positioned object. The telescope includes a fluid-filled eyepiece which is positioned in contact with the cornea of...
4430458 Hydrogel-forming polymeric materials  
Polymeric materials suitable for bio-medical applications, particularly in making contact lenses, are formed by copolymerization and crosslinking of: (1) an amide of an unsaturated carboxylic acid...
4423930 Polymeric contact lens materials with high oxygen permeability  
A series of alpha-olefin sulfur dioxide copolymers derived from the C 4 to C 18 alpha-olefins which may be readily processed to an optical article, such as a contact lens, having oxygen and...
4423195 Ocular membrane and method for preparation thereof  
A composition which is hydrophobic but possesses excellent wettability comprising copolymers and terpolymers of a polysiloxane and esters of acrylic and methacrylic acids. These compositions are...
4419505 Contact lens composition, article and method of manufacture  
A copolymer composition, specially adapted for use in fabricating a contact lens comprises a copolymer of comonomers which include about 1-95 parts by weight of hydroxy silane esters of acrylic or...
4416814 Protein polymer hydrogels  
Protein hydrogel structures formed from natural proteins having an average molecular weight of about 100,000 or less by dissolving the protein in an aqueous acidic solution, subjecting the protein...
4413104 Process for preparing organopolysiloxanes and copolymers thereof  
A process for preparing organopolysiloxanes having SiC-bonded organofunctional groups, which comprises reacting an organopolysiloxane containing SiC-bonded hydroxyl and/or alkoxy groups and having...
RE31406 Oxygen permeable contact lens composition, methods and article of manufacture  
Contact lenses are fabricated from a copolymer of a polysiloxanylalkyl acrylic ester and an alkyl acrylic ester. The copolymer has increased oxygen permeability.
4405773 Hydrophylic contact lenses and methods for making same  
Hydrophilic contact lenses produced by polymerizing (a) hydroxyalkyl monoesters of acrylic or methacrylic acid, (b) monomers having the formula ##STR1## where R, is hydrogen or methyl, R 2 ...
4402579 Contact-lens construction  
The invention contemplates integral lens-and-haptic structure and a technique of making the same, using sheet material as the only ingredient of the ultimate product, which may be an intraocular...
4401371 Hydrogel oxygen generator with improved fluid flow  
A contact lens concave-convex in form made of a transparent, optically clear hydrogel polymer containing micro-photoelectrolysis elements to produce hydrogen and oxygen by the electrolysis of water...
4388436 Permeable contact lens  
A hydrophilic soft contact lens is made from a cross-linked copolymer of an N,N-(C 1 -C 2 alkyl)acrylamide and cyclohexyl methacrylate. The lens has much higher oxygen permeability and better...
4386831 Device for the measurement of electrical potentials of the eye  
A corneal lens (1) is provided with a measurement electrode (4), a portion of which being flush with the concave surface of the lens or protruding from said surface, in such a manner to be in...
4384097 Contact lenses of methyl methacrylate copolymers  
Contact lenses and contact shells of light-refracting material consisting essentially of a copolymer of (I) from 40 to 90% by weight of methyl methacrylate and (II) from 10 to 60% by weight...
4377329 Contact lens or the like  
The invention contemplates improved extraocular-lens structures for contact with the cornea of a human eye, to be worn in place of spectacles. The construction features a lens element of requisite...
4369229 Composite hydrogel-forming article and method of making same  
Polymer blends capable of forming hydrogels upon immersion in water are bonded by heat and pressure alone to water-resistant polymer compositions compatible with vinyl lactam polymers to form...
4355135 Tintable abrasion resistant coatings  
What is disclosed are hard, abrasion resistant, tintable/dyeable coating compositions which are based on siloxane/silica hybrid coating resins. These materials are especially useful on transparent...
4346482 Living contact lens  
A contact lens (14) for insertion into the cornea (20) of a patient is provided. The contact lens (14) includes a circular portion of a donor cornea (10) anteriorly curved for correction of the...
T102101 Soft contact lenses resistant to opacification in use  
A hydrophilic polymer shaped article adapted for use as a soft contact lens is treated to provide at least on the surfaces thereof a modified, less hydrophilic polymeric structure inhibiting...
4341889 Polysiloxane composition and biomedical devices  
Monomeric polysiloxanes endcapped with activated unsaturated groups are copolymerized with a modulus modifier and tear film stabilizers to form hard, gas permeable, polysiloxane contact lenses and...
4327202 Styrene copolymer for contact lenses  
A novel contact lens having improved gas permeability is disclosed which is formed from copolymerizing a mixture comprising: (a) a group 1 monomer which is a styrene or substituted styrene...
4327203 Polysiloxane with cycloalkyl modifier composition and biomedical devices  
Monomeric polysiloxanes endcapped with activated unsaturated groups are copolymerized with cycloalkyl modulus modifiers and tear film stabilizers to form hard, gas permeable, polysiloxane contact...
4318595 Contact lens and method of making the same  
A contact lens, particularly a high minus power anterior surface toric lens, is made having a toric central optical portion without prism and an annular outer portion having prism but without toric...
4312725 Contact lenses of high gas permeability and method  
This invention relates to contact lenses having an oxygen gas permeability constant of at least ##EQU1## comprising homopolymers and interpolymers formed by the polymerization of monomers...
4303772 Oxygen permeable hard and semi-hard contact lens compositions methods and articles of manufacture  
The invention relates to new monomers of a polysiloxanyl alkyl esters of acrylic and methacrylic acids and its copolymerization with alkyl esters of acrylic, methacrylic acids and/or itaconate...
4297008 Method and apparatus for making a non spherical beveled contact lens  
An improved contact lens with a truly non-spherical bevel is disclosed, along with a method and apparatus for making same. Lenses, including the theoretically perfect "ski" periphery are...
4280759 Permeable wettable contact lens  
The permeability of a silane copolymer is increased and the surface wetting properties improved if the silane is polymerized before being mixed with the comononer and before the copolymerization.
4279795 Hydrophilic-hydrophobic graft copolymers for self-reinforcing hydrogels  
Materials for forming a hydrogel when contacted with water having improved anti-thrombogenic properties and a highly improved mechanical strength are obtained by the copolymerization of a free...
4276402 Polysiloxane/acrylic acid/polcyclic esters of methacrylic acid polymer contact lens  
Monomeric polysiloxanes end-capped with activated unsaturated groups polymerized with acrylic acid and a comonomer comprising a polycyclic ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid to form a...
4264493 Natural protein polymer hydrogels  
Natural protein hydrogel structures formed from natural proteins having molecular weights not exceeding 100,000 by dissolving the protein in an aqueous acidic solution, crosslinking the protein,...
4260725 Hydrophilic contact lens made from polysiloxanes which are thermally bonded to polymerizable groups and which contain hydrophilic sidechains  
A water absorbing, soft, hydrophilic, flexible, hydrolytically stable, biologically inert contact lens with the capability of transporting oxygen sufficiently to meet the requirements of the human...
4254248 Contact lens made from polymers of polysiloxane and polycyclic esters of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid  
Monomeric polysiloxanes end-capped with activated unsaturated groups polymerized with a comonomer comprising a polycyclic ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid to form a soft contact lens is...
4245069 Polysiloxane composition  
A composition which is hydrophobic but possesses excellent wettability comprising copolymers and terpolymers of a polysiloxane and esters of acrylic and methacrylic acids. These compositions are...
4243790 Styrene/hydroxy alkyl acrylic acid ester copolymer for contact lenses  
A novel contact lens having improved gas permeability is disclosed which is formed from copolymerizing a mixture comprising: (a) a group 1 monomer which is a styrene or substituted styrene...
4235985 Polymer for contact lens and contact lens made thereof  
A polymerization product suitable for contact lenses comprising (a) an organosiloxane monomer having the following general formula ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of 1 to 3, X is --(CH 2 ) p --O]...
4231905 Polymethylmethacrylate cellulosic copolymer lens material  
A gas permeable dimensionally stable contact lens material which is a transparent, optically clear methylmethacrylate cellulosic copolymer.
4217038 Glass coated polysiloxane contact lens  
A glass coated, flexible, hydrophilic polymeric contact lens having a sufficient amount of oxygen transportability to meet the requirements of the human cornea is disclosed. In addition, this glass...
4212226 Device and method of illuminating a target by the eye-motion of an operator  
A contact lens adapted to fit over the eye of an operator can be employed to focus light impinging on the lens from a light source and reflected therefrom, substantially onto a predetermined region...
4211476 Contact lenses with angular orientation and stabilization  
A contact lens is constructed with an anterior surface which is radially unsymmetrical and a posterior surface which is composed of multiple curves. The lens is designed to properly adhere and...
4208364 Process for the production of contact lenses  
There is provided a mold comprising a male and a female mold member fabricated from thermoplastic polymeric materials which, in very thin sections are flexible under polymerization conditions, but,...
4198131 Silicone resin optical devices  
Optical devices such as corneal, scleral and interocular lenses are made from phenyl-containing siloxane resins. They combine a high degree of oxygen transmission with ease of fabrication inherent...
4198132 Contact lens  
A contact lens of a preselected mass has an optical zone and at least one peripheral zone. The optical zone has a shape and thickness sufficient to result in a desired optical correction. At least...
4195919 Contact lens with reduced spherical aberration for aphakic eyes  
Contact lenses, particularly for aphakic eyes, are characterized by a rear conicoid optical surface that is fitted to the cornea and a front prolate ellipsoidal optical surface of particular power,...
4194814 Transparent opthalmic lens having engraved surface indicia  
Indicia are formed in the surface of an ophthalmic contact lens by sublimating lens material with a high intensity beam of radiation. A beam of light from a laser is directed through one or more...
4194815 Semi-scleral contact lens  
The inner surface of a semi-scleral contact lens is shaped relative to the topography of an individual eyeball to achieve central contact and edge contact with tearfilm clearance therebetween. The...
4193672 Contact lens with improved interior surface  
A contact lens has an improved interior surface which includes an optical zone and peripheral zone. The optical zone has a radius of curvature similar to that of the cornea of the eye to be fitted....
4193897 Contact lenses formed of mixtures of cellulose esters and ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers  
Contact lenses and scleral lenses formed of mixtures consisting essentially of (1) from 99 to 70% by weight of a cellulose ester of one or more aliphatic carboxylic acids, and (2) from 1 to...
4179757 Biocompatible articles having high permeability to gases derived from polysulfones  
There is disclosed the preparation of an alpha-olefin-sulfur dioxide copolymer derived from the C 8 to C 18 alpha-olefins. The polymers undergo clean thermal degradation, having high...
4171878 Combined contact lens  
The combined contact lens is characterized in that it comprises a zone of a hydrophilic material, an aperture in the center of said zone, and a solid body from an optically transparent material...