| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7553880 |
Extended wear ophthalmic lens |
June 30, 2009 |
| 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 |
| 7538146 |
Extended wear ophthalmic lens |
May 26, 2009 |
| 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 |
| 7468398 |
Extended wear ophthalmic lens |
December 23, 2008 |
| 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 |
| 6893685 |
Process for surface modifying substrates and modified substrates resulting therefrom |
May 17, 2005 |
| The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface, comprising the steps of: (a) applying to the material surface a tie layer comprising a polyionic material; (b) covalently binding a bifunctional compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated double b3nd to the tie |
| 6878399 |
Method for modifying the surface of biomedical articles |
April 12, 2005 |
| The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an inorganic or organic bulk material; (b) providing one or more polyionic materials at least one of them comprising covalently bound initiator moieties for radical polymerization; |
| 6835410 |
Bottle-brush type coatings with entangled hydrophilic polymer |
December 28, 2004 |
| The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface comprising the steps of: (a) providing an inorganic or organic bulk material having covalently bound to its surface initiator moieties for radical polymerization; (b) graft polymerizing a hydrophilic ethylenically unsatu |
| 6734321 |
Organic articles |
May 11, 2004 |
| The invention relates to novel composite materials comprising (a) an inorganic or organic bulk material having covalently bound to its surface initiator moieties for radical polymerization; and (b) a hydrophilic surface coating obtainable by applying one or more different ethylenically |
| 6730366 |
Process for modifying a surface |
May 4, 2004 |
| The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface comprising the steps of: (a) applying to the material surface one or more different comb-type polymers comprising a polymer backbone and side chains pendently attached thereto, wherein at least a part of the side chains |
| 6713524 |
Reactive polymers |
March 30, 2004 |
| The invention relates to novel reactive polymers of formula ##STR1##wherein the variables are as defined in the claims. The polymers of the invention are useful for the modification of material surfaces and are particularly suitable for providing biomedical articles such as contact l |
| 6589665 |
Coated articles |
July 8, 2003 |
| The invention relates to novel composite materials comprising (a) an inorganic or organic bulk material having attached to its surface at least one polyionic material that comprises covalently bound initiator moieties for radical polymerization; and (b) a hydrophilic surface coating ob |
| 6586038 |
Process for the modification of a material surface |
July 1, 2003 |
| The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface. The process comprises the steps of: (a) covalently binding polymerization initiator radicals to the surface; (b) graft polymerizing a vinyl monomer carrying a reactive group onto the initiator-modified material surface an |
| 6582754 |
Coating process |
June 24, 2003 |
| The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface, comprising the steps of: (a) covalently binding a compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated double bond to the material surface; (b) polymerizing a monomer comprising a reactive or crosslinkable group on the |
| 6555103 |
Biomedical moldings |
April 29, 2003 |
| The present invention is concerned with a biomedical molding comprising a non-biodegradable biocompatible organic polymer comprising attached to its surface radicals of formula ##STR1##wherein the variables are as defined in the claims. The biomedical moldings of the invention are ra |
| 6521352 |
Process for the modification of a material surface |
February 18, 2003 |
| The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hydrophilic telomer of formulaThe coated articles that are obtainable by the process of the invention have desirable characteristics regarding adherence to the substrate, durabi |
| 6468667 |
Ophthalmic molding |
October 22, 2002 |
| The invention relates to an ophthalmic molding such as a contact lens or any kind of ocular prostheses comprising an organic bulk material having covalently bonded to its surface an acceptor saccharide to which is enzymatically attached one or more further carbohydrates. The ophthalmic |
| 6465056 |
Process for coating a material surface |
October 15, 2002 |
| The invention relates to a process for coating a material surface, comprising the steps of: (a) providing the material surface with polymer brushes comprising polymerization initiator radicals; and (b) graft polymerizing one or more different ethylenically unsaturated hydrophilic m |
| 6447920 |
Organic articles |
September 10, 2002 |
| The invention relates to novel composite materials comprising (a) an inorganic or organic bulk material having covalently bound to its surface initiator moieties for radical polymerization; and (b) a hydrophilic surface coating obtainable by applying one or more different ethylenically |
| 6436481 |
Method of producing a reactive coating by after-glow plasma polymerization |
August 20, 2002 |
| The present invention describes coated articles and methods for preparing such articles, wherein the primary coating comprises a plasma-induced polymer carrying reactive groups. The invention further relates to the reaction of said primary coatings carrying reactive groups with monomeric |
