Patents Examined by Alison Hidenlang
  • Method for making silicone hydrogel contact lenses
    Patent number: 9097839
    Abstract: The invention provide a method for making silicone hydrogel based on the Lightstream Technology from a monomer mixture with a curing time of less than about 100 seconds. The present invention is also related to silicone hydrogel contact lenses made according to methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Frank Chang, Jürgen Vogt, John Dallas Pruitt, Xinming Qian, Dawn A. Smith, Angelika Maria Domschke, Troy Vernon Holland, Richard Charles Turek, Daqing Wu