Patents by Inventor Michele Alton

Michele Alton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of preparing water extractable silicon-containing biomedical devices
    Patent number: 8967799
    Abstract: A method of preparing a water extractable silicon-containing biomedical device is disclosed. The method involves curing a monomer mixture comprising one or more silicon-containing biomedical device-forming monomers in the presence of a diluent to produce a silicon-containing biomedical device; wherein the diluent comprises a boric acid ester of a C1 to C8 monohydric alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Ivan M. Nunez, Joseph A. McGee, Jay Friedrich Kunzler, Michele Alton, Analuz Changano, Jennifer Hunt
  • METHOD OF PREPARING WATER EXTRACTABLE SILICON-CONTAINING BIOMEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140179824
    Abstract: A method of preparing a water extractable silicon-containing biomedical device is disclosed. The method involves curing a monomer mixture comprising one or more silicon-containing biomedical device-forming monomers in the presence of a diluent to produce a silicon-containing biomedical device; wherein the diluent comprises a boric acid ester of a C1 to C8 monohydric alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Ivan M. Nunez, Joseph A. McGee, Jay Friedrich Kunzler, Michele Alton, Analuz Changano, Jennifer Hunt
  • MONOMER MIXTURES FOR FORMING SILICON HYDROGELS
    Publication number: 20140179867
    Abstract: A polymerizable monomer mixture containing one or more silicon-containing biomedical device-forming monomers and a diluent; wherein the diluent comprises a boric acid ester of a monohydric alcohol is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Ivan M. Nunez, Joseph A. McGee, Jay Friedrich Kunzler, Michele Alton, Analuz Changano, Jennifer Hunt
  • Biomedical devices
    Patent number: 8337551
    Abstract: Biomedical devices such as silicone hydrogels formed from a polymerization product of a mixture comprising (a) a siloxane-containing homopolymer which has only one thio carbonyl thio fragment of a reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agent; and (b) one or more biomedical device-forming comonomers are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Linhardt, Ivan M. Nunez, Joseph A. McGee, Jennifer Hunt, Michele Alton, Drazen Pavlovic, Devon A. Shipp
  • BIOMEDICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120022180
    Abstract: Biomedical devices such as silicone hydrogels formed from a polymerization product of a mixture comprising (a) a siloxane-containing homopolymer which has only one thio carbonyl thio fragment of a reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agent; and (b) one or more biomedical device-forming comonomers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Linhardt, Ivan M. Nunez, Joseph A. McGee, Jennifer Hunt, Michele Alton, Drazen Pavlovic, Devon A. Shipp
  • Biomedical devices
    Patent number: 8043369
    Abstract: Biomedical devices such as silicone hydrogels formed from a polymerization product of a mixture comprising (a) a siloxane-containing homopolymer comprising one or more thio carbonyl thio fragments of a reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agent; and (b) one or more biomedical device-forming monomers are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Linhardt, Ivan M. Nunez, Joseph A. McGee, Jennifer Hunt, Michele Alton, Drazen Pavlovic, Devon A. Shipp
  • Biomedical devices
    Publication number: 20100315588
    Abstract: Biomedical devices such as contact lenses formed from a polymerization product of a mixture comprising (a) a hydrophilic polymer comprising one or more hydrophilic units and one or more thio carbonyl thio fragments of a reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (“RAFT”) agent; and (b) one or more biomedical device-forming monomers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Ivan M. Nunez, Jeffrey G. Linhardt, Joseph A. McGee, Jennifer Hunt, Michele Alton, Devon A. Shipp, Jay F. Kunzler, Daniel M. Ammon, JR.
  • Biomedical devices
    Publication number: 20100317809
    Abstract: Biomedical devices such as silicone hydrogels formed from a polymerization product of a mixture comprising (a) a siloxane-containing homopolymer comprising one or more thio carbonyl thio fragments of a reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agent; and (b) one or more biomedical device-forming monomers are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Linhardt, Ivan M. Nunez, Joseph A. McGee, Jennifer Hunt, Michele Alton, Drazen Pavlovic, Devon A. Shipp
  • Methods and compositions for the manufacture of ophthalmic lenses
    Patent number: 6630083
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing lenses by casting. The processes utilize a two-stage, ultraviolet cure to provide a fast and reliable method for producing ophthalmic lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Nunez, Venkat Sekharipuram, Elbert Basham, Eric Dogan, Michele Alton
  • Compositions and methods for the manufacture of ophthalmic lenses
    Patent number: 6455653
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions for producing lenses by casting. The compositions are useful in producing ophthalmic lens by casting of a surface or layer onto a preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Nunez, Venkat Sekharipuram, Michele Alton