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Hydrophilic copolymer suitable for contact lenses and medical application and a method for producing thereof

CA 1293577 C · Owner: Wichterle, Otto · Inventors: Michalek, Jiri; Vacik, Jiri; Wichterle, Otto

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A hydrophilic copolymer suitable for the manufacture of contact lenses and other medical applications. This copolymer is prepared by copolymerization of 70 - 99.5 wt.% of diethylene glycol monomethacrylate with 0.5 to 30 wt.% of vinyl monomers selected from the group consisting of esters and amides of methacrylic acid and acrylic acid, in the presence of at least one radical initiator and of 0.01 - 2 wt.% of a crosslinking agent containing at least two olefinic double bonds in its molecule.

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  • Granted December 24, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 24, 2008.
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FiledSeptember 3, 1986
GrantedDecember 24, 1991
Term endedDecember 24, 2008
Patent numberCA 1293577 C
Classification (IPC)C08F265/04 +2 more

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19871990199319961999200220052008Application filedSep 3, 1986Patent grantedDec 24, 1991Term endedDec 24, 2008

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