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US 5,219,965 AGranted
Surface modification of polymer objects
AssigneeBausch & Lomb Incorporated
InventorsPaul L. Valint, Jr., Joseph A. McGee, Yu-Chin Lai
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Abstract
A method of modifying the surfaces of polymeric objects by adding a polymerizable surfactant to the monomer mix used to form the object. Also disclosed are surface-modified objects prepared by this method, which is particularly suited for modifying the surfaces of contact lenses.
Claims27
A method of modifying the surface of a polymeric object which comprises adding a polymerizable surfactant to the monomer mix used to form the polymeric object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.