Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses
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Application No.: US16429853Application Date: 2019-06-03
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Publication No.: US11254075B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Richard Charles Breitkopf , Daqing Wu , Junhao Ge , Steve Yun Zhang
- Applicant: Alcon Inc.
- Applicant Address: CH Fribourg
- Assignee: Alcon Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alcon Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Fribourg
- Agent Jian Zhou
- Main IPC: B29D11/00
- IPC: B29D11/00 ; B29C35/02 ; B29L11/00 ; G02C7/04

Abstract:
The invention provides a contact lens manufacturing method comprising a process for removing unprocessed molded silicone hydrogel contact lenses from mold halves in a relatively efficient and consistent manner. A method of the invention comprises the combination of using a hydrophilic (meth)acrylamido monomer as one of major polymerizable components in a lens formulation for cast-molding of contact lenses, adding a post-curing treatment step which involves heating molds with molded lenses therewithin in an oven at a post-curing temperature higher than the curing temperature and under nitrogen gas flow at a higher flow rate, and using ultrasonic vibration energy for delensing. This method of the invention can be easily implemented in a production environment for enhancing the production yield.
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