Low water content soft lens for eye, and method for producing the same
AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.
InventorsMasataka Nakamura, Rumiko Kitagawa, Tsutomu Goshima
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Abstract
A low water content soft lens for eye is provided, which includes a layer made of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer on at least a part of a surface of a base material containing a polysiloxane compound. Adhesion of the lens to the cornea during wear, which has hitherto been regarded as a problem in a conventional low water content soft lens for eye, can be reduced or avoided when using the low water content soft lens.
Claims9
A low water content soft lens for eye, comprising a base material, a layer made of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer being formed on at least a part of a surface of the base material, wherein the water content of the lens is 1% or less;
- wherein the layer made of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer is composed of one layer made of an acidic polymer and one layer made of a basic polymer, so two layers in total;
- or the layer made of an acidic polymer and a basic polymer is composed of one or two layers made of an acidic polymer, and one or two layers made of a basic polymer, and three layers in total;
- wherein the base material contain, as a main component, a polymer of the following component A, or a copolymer of the following components A and B:
- component A:
- a polysiloxane compound which has a plurality of polymerizable functional groups per molecule, and also has a number of average molecular weight of 6,000 or more, and
- component B:
- a polymerizable monomer having a fluoroalkyl group;
- the component A is a polysiloxane compound represented by the following formula (A1):
- wherein X1 and X2 each independently represents a polymerizable functional group;
- R1 to R8 each independently represents a substituent selected from hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a phenyl group and a fluroalkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms;
- L1 and L2 each independently represents a divalent group;
- and a and b each independently represents the number of the respective repeating units, and X3-and X2 in the formula (A1) are (meth)acryloyl groups.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.