Polymerizable polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyalkylene block copolymers
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsFeng Jing, Frank Chang
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Abstract
The invention provides a polymerizable polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyalkylene block copolymer which comprises (1) a linear polymer chain comprising at least two polydimethylsiloxane segments, one hydrophilic polyoxyalkylene segment between each pair of polydimethylsiloxane segments, and one amide-rich linker between each pair of one polydimethylsiloxane segment and one hydrophilic polyoxyalkylene segment, and (2) two terminal (meth)acryloyl groups. The hydrophilized polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker has a weight average molecular weight of at least 3000 Daltons. The invention is also related to a silicone hydrogel contact lens produced from a polymerizable polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyalkylene block copolymer of the invention.
Claims15
A polymerizable polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyalkylene block copolymer of formula (I)
- in which:
- n1 is an integer of from 5 to 50;
- t1 is an integer of from 1 to 15;
- X0 is O or NR′ in which R′ is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl;
- R″ is hydrogen or methyl;
- R1 and R2 independent of each other are a C1-C6 alkylene divalent radical or a C1-C6 alkylene-oxy-C1-C6 alkylene divalent radical;
- pOAlk is a divalent radical of formula (II)
- in which EO is an oxyethylene unit (—CH2CH2O—), PO is an oxypropylene unit of
- and BO is an oxybutylene unit of
- e1 is an integer of 5 to 100, p1 and b1 independent of each other are an integer of 0 to 50, provided that if (p1+b1)≥1, e1/(p1+b1)≥2;
- and if p1 and b1 both are zero and e1 is an integer of 10-100 hpL is a divalent radical of formula (III) or (IV)
- in which R3 and R4 independent of each other are a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C12 alkylene divalent radical, Ra is hydrogen or methyl, and Rb is hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, acetyl, or C2-C4 alkanoylamino which optionally has a carboxyl group,
- wherein the chain-extended polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker has a number-average molecular weight of at least 3000 Daltons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.