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US 2008/0076897 A1Published application
Pendant end-capped low modulus cationic siloxanyls
OwnerJay F. Kunzler, Derek A. Schorzmaninventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to hydrophilic dicationic siloxane prepolymers with at least one polymerizable vinyl moiety, resulting in contact lenses and/or biomedical devices with reduced cross-link density and modulus without detracting from other properties.
Claims23
A monomer of formula (I):
- wherein each L can be the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of a bond, urethanes, carbonates, carbamates, carboxyl ureidos, sulfonyls, a straight or branched C1-C30 alkyl group, a C1-C30 fluoroalkyl group, a C1-C20 ester group, an alkyl ether, cycloalkyl ether, cycloalkenyl ether, aryl ether, arylalkyl ether, a polyether containing group, an ureido group, an amide group, an amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 cycloalkyl alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C30 arylalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C30 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 heterocyclic ring, a substituted or unsubstituted C4-C30 heterocyclolalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 heteroarylalkyl group, a C5-C30 fluoroaryl group, or a hydroxyl substituted alkyl ether and combinations thereof;
- X− is at least a single charged counter ion;
- x and y are independently 2-200, n is an integer from 1 to about 500;
- each R is independently hydrogen, a straight or branched C1-C30 alkyl group, a C1-C30 fluoroalkyl group, a C1-C20 ester group, an alkyl ether, cycloalkyl ether, cycloalkenyl ether, aryl ether, arylalkyl ether, a polyether containing group, an ureido group, an amide group, an amine group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-C30 alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 cycloalkylalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 cycloalkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C30 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C30 arylalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5-C30 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3-C30 heterocyclic ring, a substituted or unsubstituted C4-C30 heterocyclolalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 heteroarylalkyl group, fluorine, a C5-C30 fluoroaryl group, or a hydroxyl group;
- Z is either R or V;
- and V is a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated organic radical.
3 more elements
A silicon containing monomer containing an ethylenically unsaturated group and at least two cationic hydrophilic groups.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.