512 results about "Oxygen permeability" patented technology

The present invention relates to a soft contact lens, and provides a contact lens which shows small and stable contact angle to water at its surface in water as well as in air, little deposition in wearing, high oxygen permeability, no adhesion of lens to a cornea and superior extended-wearing characteristics. The present invention provides a hydrogel soft contact lens which has contact angle at a lens surface in a range of 10-50° by the captive bubble method in water and 30-90° by the sessile drop method in air, oxygen permeability of not less than 30 and water content of not less than 5%, and also a hydrogel soft contact lens consisting of a polymer comprising a hydrophilic siloxanyl monomer shown by a specified general formula.

The present invention provides an improved LbL-coating process for modifying the surface of a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens. An LbL coating on a contact lens, which is prepared according to the process of the invention, can have increased hydrophilicity characterized by an averaged contact angle of about 80 degree or less, preferably about 50 degrees or less, while maintaining the desired bulk properties such as oxygen permeability and ion permeability of lens material.

Ophthalmically compatible contact lenses include lens bodies configured for placement on a cornea of an animal or human eye. The lens bodies are made of a hydrophilic silicon-containing polymeric material. The lens bodies have oxygen permeabilities, water content, surface wettabilities, flexibilities, and / or designs to be worn by a lens wearer even during sleep. The present lenses can be worn on a daily basis, including overnight, or can be worn for several days, such as about thirty days, without requiring removal or cleaning.

Problem to be Solved To provide an ophthalmic lens, which can be more safely worn, that is, to provide a material, which is transparent and has high oxygen permeability and a high hydrophilic property, and to provide a novel monomer to be a raw material thereof.Solution A hydrophilic polysiloxane macromonomer contains polyoxyethylene as a hydrophilic side chains in a polysiloxane main chain, wherein transparency, oxygen permeability, and hydrophilic properties of the material are controlled by regulating the length of the polysiloxane main chain, the length of the hydrophilic polyoxyethylene side chains, and the number of the side chains.

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 polyvinylpyrrolidone and / or at least one layer of a lubricious coating material and one layer of a polyionic material having charges opposite of the charges of the lubricious coating material. The lubricious coating on the medical device of the invention has increased lubricity, preferably characterized by an averaged CoF of about 3.0 or less, increased hydrophilicity characterized by an averaged contact angle of about 80 degree or less, and increased bacterial adhesion resistance, while maintaining the desired bulk properties such as oxygen permeability and ion permeability of lens material. Such lenses are useful as extended-wear contact lenses. In addition, the invention provides a method for making a medical device, preferably a contact lens, having a lubricious coating thereon.

An ophthalmic lens suited for extended-wear periods of at least one day on the eye without a clinically significant amount of corneal swelling and without substantial wearer discomfort. The lens has a balance of oxygen permeability and ion or water permeability, with the ion or water permeability being sufficient to provide good on-eye movement, such that a good tear exchange occurs between the lens and the eye. A preferred lens is a copolymerization product of a oxyperm macromer and an ionoperm monomer. The invention encompasses extended wear contact lenses, which include a core having oxygen transmission and ion transmission pathways extending from the inner surface to the outer surface.

The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a reactive mixture comprising at least one silicone-containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, and at least one diluent to form an ophthalmic device having an advancing contact angle of less than about 80°; and contacting the ophthalmic device with an aqueous extraction solution at an elevated extraction temperature, wherein said at least one diluent has a boiling point at least about 10° higher than said extraction temperature.

The invention is related to a hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens having a layered structural configuration: a lower water content silicone hydrogel core (or bulk material) completely covered with a layer of a higher water content hydrogel totally or substantially free of silicone. A hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens of the invention possesses high oxygen permeability for maintaining the corneal health and a soft, water-rich, lubricious surface for wearing comfort.

The present invention provides a medical device, preferably a contact lens, which a core material and an antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating that is not covalently attached to the medical device and can impart to the medical device an increased hydrophilicity. The antimicrobial metal-containing coating on a contact lens of the invention has a high antimicrobial efficacy against microorganisms including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial and a low toxicity, while maintaining the desired bulk properties such as oxygen permeability and ion permeability of lens material. Such lenses are useful as extended-wear contact lenses. In addition, the invention provides a method for making a medical device, preferably a contact lens, having an antimicrobial metal-containing LbL coating thereon.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a hydrogel polymer having less than 100% haze, and distributed therein an oxygen enhancing effective amount of oxygen permeable particles having an oxygen permeability of at least about 100 barrer, average particle size less than about 5000 nm.

Hydrogel copolymers are useful for forming biomedical devices, particularly ophthalmic devices including contact lenses, intraocular lenses and ophthalmic implants. The copolymers have a desirable combination of oxygen permeability, tensile modulus, and water content, especially for soft contact lenses.

The present invention provides a method and a formulation for consistently producing a silicone hydrogel material having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high ion permeability, and low modulus, and contact lenses prepared from a formulation of the invention or made of a silicone hydrogel material of the invention.

A hydrophilic polysiloxane macromonomer containing polyoxyethylene as a hydrophilic side chains pendant to a polysiloxane main chain for imparting transparency, oxygen permeability, and hydrophilic properties to a contact lens is disclosed. The properties of the material are controlled by regulating the length of the polysiloxane main chain, the length of the hydrophilic polyoxyethylene side chains, and the number of the side chains.

A method of using nanostructured chemicals as alloying agents for the reinforcement of flouropolymer microstructures, including polymer coils, domains, chains, and segments, at the molecular level. Because of their tailorable compatibility with fluorinated polymers, nanostructured chemicals can be readily and selectively incorporated into polymers by direct blending processes. Properties most favorably improved are time dependent mechanical and thermal properties such as heat distortion, creep, compression set, shrinkage, modulus, hardness and abrasion resistance. In addition to mechanical properties, other physical properties are favorably improved, including lower thermal conductivity, fire resistance, and improved oxygen permeability. These improved properties may be useful in a number of applications, including space-survivable materials and creep resistant seals and gaskets. Improved surface properties may be useful for applications such as anti-icing or non-wetting surfaces or as low friction surfaces.

A transparent gel is disclosed which has an interpenetrating polymer network of a copolymer containing a polysiloxane structure and a polycarbonate structure and a hydrophilic polymer obtained by polymerizing a hydrophilic monomer. The transparent gel is useful as a cultivation substrate, a container for storage and an ophthalmic material, comprising an easily synthesizable and purifiable silicon-containing resin, wherein a gel strength, transparency, oxygen permeability, birefringence and other characteristics are excellent.

The present invention provides materials that have high glucose and oxygen permeability, strength, water content, and resistance to protein adsorption. The materials include an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogel that is coated with biomolecules. The IPN hydrogels include two interpenetrating polymer networks. The first polymer network is based on a hydrophilic telechelic macromonomer. The second polymer network is based on a hydrophilic monomer. The hydrophilic monomer is polymerized and cross-linked to form the second polymer network in the presence of the first polymer network. In a preferred embodiment, the hydrophilic telechelic macromonomer is PEG-diacrylate or PEG-dimethacrylate and the hydrophilic monomer is an acrylic-based monomer. Any biomolecules may be linked to the IPN hydrogels, but are preferably biomolecules that support the growth of cornea-derived cells. The material is designed to serve as a corneal prosthesis.

Disclosed is an encapsulation barrier stack, capable of encapsulating a moisture and / or oxygen sensitive article and comprising a multilayer film, wherein the multilayer film comprises: one or more barrier layer(s) having low moisture and / or oxygen permeability, and one or more sealing layer(s) arranged to be in contact with a surface of the at least one barrier layer, thereby covering defects present in the barrier layer, wherein the one or more sealing layer(s) comprise(s) a plurality of dendrimer encapsulated nanoparticles, the nanoparticles being reactive in that they are capable of interacting with moisture and / or oxygen to retard the permeation of moisture and / or oxygen through the defects present in the barrier layer.

An ocular lens material comprising a copolymer prepared by polymerization with heating of a monomer mixture and / or with irradiating a monomer mixture with ultraviolet ray by means of a molding method, the monomer mixture containing a polysiloxane macromonomer A, a Si-containing alkyl methacrylate B, a hydrophilic monomer C comprising NVP as C-1 and another hydrophilic monomer C-2, another monomer D and a crosslinkable monomer E comprising a crosslinkable monomer E-1 containing at least one group selected from acryloyl group, vinyl group and allyl group, and methacryloyl group, and a crosslinkable monomer E-2 containing at least two methacryloyl groups as main components, wherein (A+B) / C (weight ratio) is 30 / 70 to 70 / 30, A / B is 25 / 75 to 75 / 25, C-1 / C-2 is 50 / 50 to 100 / 0, the amount of D is 0 to 20% by weight in the monomer mixture, which has high oxygen permeability, high mechanical strength, excellent surface wettability and low surface frictional property.

A light-emitting device comprising an anode, one or more organic compound layers containing at least a light-emitting layer, and a transparent cathode on a flexible support substrate having a linear thermal expansion coefficient of 20 ppm / ° C. or less, water permeability of 0.01 g / m<2>.day or less, and oxygen permeability of 0.01 cc / m<2>.day.atm or less. The flexible support substrate is constituted by a metal foil provided with an insulating layer on one or both surfaces thereof.

The present invention provides silicone hydrogel materials having relatively high oxygen permeability and a relatively low modulus. The relatively-low modulus is achieved by adding a chain transfer agent into a polymerizable fluid composition in an amount sufficient to provide to the resultant silicone hydrogel material with a reduced modulus. In addition, the invention provides silicone hydrogel contact lenses comprising a silicone hydrogel material of the invention, a method for making a silicone hydrogel material of the invention, and a method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens of the invention.

A plastic container for liquid medicine, which, concerning the effective components of liquid medicine, is capable of prevention of deterioration in quality due to mixing of oxygen and water vapor, prevention of variation in concentration due to water volatilization and moisture absorption, etc. A plastic container for liquid medicine, which is a plastic container internally coated with DLC (diamond-like carbon) film wherein water vapor permeability is 0-0.006 g / container / day and oxygen permeability is 0-0.011 ml / container / day, such properties being obtained by optimizing the three conditions, composition, density and film thickness of the DLC film.

Disclosed is an encapsulation barrier stack, capable of encapsulating a moisture and / or oxygen sensitive article and comprising a multilayer film, wherein the multilayer film comprises: one or more barrier layer(s) having low moisture and / or oxygen permeability, and one or more sealing layer(s) arranged to be in contact with a surface of the at least one barrier layer, thereby covering defects present in the barrier layer, wherein the one or more sealing layer(s) comprise(s) a plurality of encapsulated nano-particles, the nanoparticles being reactive in that they are capable of interacting with moisture and / or oxygen to retard the permeation of moisture and / or oxygen through the defects present in the barrier layer. The encapsulation of the particles can be obtained by polymerising a polymerisable compound (a monomeric or a polymeric compound with polymerisible groups or) cross-linking a cross-linkable compound on the surface of the reactive nanoparticles.

Ophthalmically compatible contact lenses include lens bodies configured for placement on a cornea of an animal or human eye. The lens bodies are made of a hydrophilic silicon-containing polymeric material. The lens bodies have oxygen permeabilities, water content, surface wettabilities, flexibilities, and / or designs to be worn by a lens wearer even during sleep. The present lenses can be worn on a daily basis, including overnight, or can be worn for several days, such as about thirty days, without requiring removal or cleaning.

The invention provides a low-haze transparent conductive film and a preparation method thereof. The low-haze transparent conductive film comprises a transparent substrate layer, wherein the transparent substrate layer is coated with a super hydrophilic coating formed by a super hydrophilic coating material, the super hydrophilic layer is coated with a transparent conductive layer formed by a conductive ink composition, and the wetting angle of water at the surface of the super hydrophilic coating is less than or equal to 5 degrees. After the super hydrophilic coating is coated, the light transmittance of the substrate is improved, the haze is reduced, an adhesive force between the transparent conductive layer and the substrate is enhanced, and the oxygen permeability of the transparent substrate is also reduced at the same time. By adopting the technical scheme provided by the invention, the total haze of the ultimately acquired transparent conductive film is reduced by 40% compared with that before super hydrophilic processing under the condition of keeping the conductivity to be unchanged, the light transmittance is improved by 2-5%, the adhesive force is also obviously improved, and the appearance is more transparent.

The present invention provides a plastic container or bottle having an inner wall surface coated with a DLC film which has the same level of oxygen barrier property as prior art DLC coated containers while at the same time preventing the coloration of the neck portion found in the containers of the prior art. The DLC film formed on the neck portion of the inventive bottle has a lower graphite mixing proportion than the DLC film formed on body portion, and the oxygen permeability of the container is less than or equal to 0.0050 ml / container (500 ml PET container) / day. The apparatus and the method of producing such a bottle are also described.

This invention has the objective of providing polymers for ophthalmic lenses having high oxygen permeability and superior surface wettability. It relates to a method for the manufacture of polymers for ophthalmic lenses characterized in that the polymers are formed by reacting a polymer comprising, as a polymerization component, at least one monomer (a) having organosiloxane groups and a polymerizable group having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond with a hydrophilic component (b).

Monomers for polymers having high oxygen permeability, high water content and a low modulus of elasticity are provided, and polymers and ophthalmic lenses comprised of said monomers are provided. They are monomers represented by formula (1) or (2) below:X—O—(CH2CH2CH2O)m—(CH2)n—A   (1)wherein, X is a polymerizable group having carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds; A is a siloxanyl group; R is H or a methyl group; m is an integer of 1 to 10; m′ is an integer of 2 to 10; and n is an integer of 2 to 10.