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Hydrophilic copolymers

CA 1080888 A · Owner: Contact Lenses (Manufacturing) Limited · Inventors: Mikucki, Wiktor; Cordrey, Philip W.

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A hydrophilic copolymer suitable for contact lenses consisting essentially of copolymerised N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and methyl methacrylate in a molar ratio of from about 6:1 to about 1:1 and including (i) a minor amount of at least one cross-linking agent containing at least two olefinic bonds per molecule and (ii) a minor amount of an ethylene oxide - propylene oxide block copolymer having a molecular weight of not more than about 6,000.

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  • Granted July 1, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 1, 1997.
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GrantedJuly 1, 1980
Term endedJuly 1, 1997
Patent numberCA 1080888 A
Classification (IPC)C08L39/06 +2 more

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedJuly 1, 1980Term endedJuly 1, 1997

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