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US 2011/0217449 A1Published application
Controlled vapor deposition of biocompatible coatings for medical devices
OwnerMichael D. Lowery, Laurent Hoffmann +4inventors
InventorsMichael D. Lowery, Laurent Hoffmann, Boris Kobrin, Romuald Nowak, Jeffrey Chinn, Richard Yi
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Abstract
An intraocular lens with a hydrophilic polymer coating composition and method of preparing same are provided. Specifically, a composition suitable for reducing tackiness in intraocular lenses is provided wherein an acrylic intraocular lens is treated by vapor deposition with an alkoxy silyl terminated polyethylene glycol polymer composition.
Claims6
1-7. (canceled)
A method for providing an intraocular lens surface with a hydrophilic polymer coating comprising:
- applying at least one hydrophilic polymer coating to at least one surface of said intraocular lens using vapor deposition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.