Patents by Inventor Michael Hugh Quinn
Michael Hugh Quinn 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).
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Patent number: 11905358Abstract: The invention relates to highly filled urethane systems, methods of making the urethane systems, and their use in commercial applications. More particularly, the invention includes urethane systems with a substantial amount of mineral filler that have acceptable cure kinetics and mechanical properties. The urethane systems include an isocyanate component, a polyol component, and a mineral filler that, in certain embodiments, is selected from talc, mica, calcium carbonate and mixtures or blends thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: STOCKMEIER URETHANES USA, INC.Inventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Gabrielle Lynn Hamner
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Publication number: 20210147608Abstract: The invention relates to highly filled urethane systems, methods of making the urethane systems, and their use in commercial applications. More particularly, the invention includes urethane systems with a substantial amount of mineral filler that have acceptable cure kinetics and mechanical properties. The urethane systems include an isocyanate component, a polyol component, and a mineral filler that, in certain embodiments, is selected from talc, mica, calcium carbonate and mixtures or blends thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: STOCKMEIER URETHANES USA, INC.Inventors: MICHAEL HUGH QUINN, GABRIELLE LYNN HAMNER
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Patent number: 9880324Abstract: The present invention provides an ink and a method of using the ink for making colored contact lenses. The ink comprises at least one colorant, a silicone-containing binder polymer, a solvent, a vinylic-monomer mixture, and optionally a photoinitiator or thermal initiator. The silicone-containing binder polymer is a copolymerization product of a polymerizable mixture including (i) at least one hydrophilic vinylic monomer; (ii) at least one functionalizing vinylic monomer containing at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group —OH, amino group —NHR (wherein R is hydrogen or C1 to C8 alkyl), carboxylic group —COOH, epoxy group, amide group —CONHR, and combinations thereof; (iii) at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromere.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Gregory Carlson, Barry L. Atkins
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Patent number: 9248614Abstract: The present invention provides methods for lathing at room temperature a silicone hydrogel material, in particular silicone hydrogel material having a high oxygen permeability and made of a polymerizable composition containing a relative large amount of oxyperm component, into contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: John Christopher Phelan, Michael Hugh Quinn, Rafael Victor Andino, Marcia Kay Ash, Allen Douglas Gilliard, Tomasz Jankiewicz, Courtney Flem Morgan, Joseph Michael Lindacher, Corneliu Daniel Niculas
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Patent number: 9102108Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing colored contact lenses, and in particular to automated inspection of colored images printed either on molds or on contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Robert Carey Tucker, Michael Hugh Quinn
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Publication number: 20150076721Abstract: The present invention provides an ink and a method of using the ink for making colored contact lenses. The ink comprises at least one colorant, a silicone-containing binder polymer, a solvent, a vinylic-monomer mixture, and optionally a photoinitiator or thermal initiator. The silicone-containing binder polymer is a copolymerization product of a polymerizable mixture including (i) at least one hydrophilic vinylic monomer; (ii) at least one functionalizing vinylic monomer containing at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group —OH, amino group —NHR (wherein R is hydrogen or C1 to C8 alkyl), carboxylic group —COOH, epoxy group, amide group —CONHR, and combinations thereof; (iii) at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromere.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Gregory Carlson, Barry L. Atkins
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Patent number: 8920873Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: (a) providing a contact lens constructed of a silicone hydrogel; (b) applying a color coat to at least a portion of a surface of the lens with an ink, wherein the ink comprises at least one colorant, a silicone-containing binder polymer, one or more vinylic monomers, and optionally a diluent, wherein the silicone-containing binder polymer is a copolymerization product of a polymerizable mixture including (i) at least one hydrophilic vinylic monomer; (ii) at least one functionalizing vinylic monomer; (iii) at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromer; (c) curing the ink in the presence of an adhesion promoter, thereby causing the color coat to adhere to the lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Gregory Carlson, Barry L. Atkins
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Patent number: 8883928Abstract: The invention provides a silicone hydrogel contact lens including a hydrolyzable units. The hydrolyzable units can be converted by hydrolysis into a hydrophilic units which is capable of imparting the silicone hydrogel contact lens a hydrophilic surface without post-curing surface treatment. The invention also provides an actinically crosslinkable prepolymer including hydrolyzable units and use of the prepolymer of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a method for making wettable silicone hydrogel contact lens without posterior surface treatments other than hydrolysis.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Frank Chang, Dawn A. Smith, Arturo N. Medina, Michael Hugh Quinn, L. Lawrence Chapoy
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Publication number: 20120213922Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: (a) providing a contact lens constructed of a silicone hydrogel; (b) applying a color coat to at least a portion of a surface of the lens with an ink, wherein the ink comprises at least one colorant, a silicone-containing binder polymer, one or more vinylic monomers, and optionally a diluent, wherein the silicone-containing binder polymer is a copolymerization product of a polymerizable mixture including (i) at least one hydrophilic vinylic monomer; (ii) at least one functionalizing vinylic monomer; (iii) at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromer; (c) curing the ink in the presence of an adhesion promoter, thereby causing the color coat to adhere to the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Gregory Carlson, Barry L. Atkins
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Publication number: 20120177839Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing colored contact lenses with relatively high quality color images. The method of the invention comprises the steps of: obtaining a water based ink having a viscosity of greater than about 100 centipoise (cps) and the ink has a dynamic surface tension of less than about 40 dyne/cm at surface age of about 1 second; applying the ink to a portion of molding surfaces of a lens mold to form a colored coat; actinically curing the ink printed on the mold to form a colored film; dispensing a lens-forming material into the lens-forming cavity of the mold; and actinically or thermally curing the lens-forming material to form the contact lens, whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Robert Carey Tucker, Sandra Corti, Michael Hugh Quinn, Barry L. Atkins
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Patent number: 8147728Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Gregory Carlson, Barry L. Atkins
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Publication number: 20120065331Abstract: The invention provides a silicone hydrogel contact lens including a hydrolyzable units. The hydrolyzable units can be converted by hydrolysis into a hydrophilic units which is capable of imparting the silicone hydrogel contact lens a hydrophilic surface without post-curing surface treatment. The invention also provides an actinically crosslinkable prepolymer including hydrolyzable units and use of the prepolymer of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a method for making wettable silicone hydrogel contact lens without posterior surface treatments other than hydrolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Inventors: Frank Chang, Dawn A. Smith, Arturo N. Medina, Michael Hugh Quinn, L. Lawrence Chapoy
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Patent number: 8079703Abstract: The invention provides a silicone hydrogel contact lens including a hydrolyzable units. The hydrolyzable units can be converted by hydrolysis into a hydrophilic units which is capable of imparting the silicone hydrogel contact lens a hydrophilic surface without post-curing surface treatment. The invention also provides an actinically crosslinkable prepolymer including hydrolyzable units and use of the prepolymer of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a method for making wettable silicone hydrogel contact lens without posterior surface treatments other than hydrolysis.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Frank Chang, Dawn A. Smith, Arturo N. Medina, Michael Hugh Quinn, L. Lawrence Chapoy
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Patent number: 7888426Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable material for making a polymeric article, the polymerizable material comprising: a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol having crosslinkable groups; and a modifier in an amount sufficient to improve one or more physical properties of a polymeric article made from the polymerizable material, wherein the one or more physical properties are selected from the group consisting of stress at break (N/mm2), percentage of elongation at break, toughness or energy to break (N·mm), and susceptibility to fracture. The modifier is selected from the group consisting of nanoparticles having a hydrophilic surface, a copolymer having hydrophobic groups or units for imparting at least one desired physical property to said ophthalmic device and hydrophilic groups or units in an amount sufficient to render the copolymer miscible with the polyvinyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Lawrence L. Chapoy, John Christopher Phelan
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Publication number: 20100014047Abstract: The invention provides a silicone hydrogel contact lens including a hydrolyzable units. The hydrolyzable units can be converted by hydrolysis into a hydrophilic units which is capable of imparting the silicone hydrogel contact lens a hydrophilic surface without post-curing surface treatment. The invention also provides an actinically crosslinkable prepolymer including hydrolyzable units and use of the prepolymer of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a method for making wettable silicone hydrogel contact lens without posterior surface treatments other than hydrolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Frank Chang, Dawn A. Smith, Arturo N. Medina, Michael Hugh Quinn, L. Lawrence Chapoy
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Patent number: 7638075Abstract: The present invention provides novels inks and methods for making a colored polymeric substrates, preferably a contact lens. In the inventive method at least a portion of a surface of a lens is coated with a color coat comprising at least one colorant, and a binder polymer obtained by copolymerizing a first monomer being ethylenically unsaturated and having a latent crosslinkable pendent group; and a second monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond copolymerizable with the first monomer. The lens is then subjected to conditions that cause the color coat to adhere to the lens.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Robert Carey Tucker, Sandra Corti, John Christopher Phelan
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Patent number: 7288578Abstract: An aqueous ink comprising containing a colorant and a radiation-curable oligomer or polymer containing H-active groups bonded to the oligomer or polymer backbone, some or all of whose hydrogen atoms have been substituted by radicals of a N-hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylamide. Methods for printing the inventive inks upon medical devices, such as contact lenses, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: John Christopher Phelan, Michael Hugh Quinn
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Patent number: 7279505Abstract: The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or a mixture thereof, wherein the isocyanate-capped polyurethane is a copolymerization production of: (a) at least one polyalkylene glycol; (b) at least one branching agent having at least three hydroxy groups; and (c) at least one di- or polyisocyanate. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention can find use in economically producing contact lenses which have durable, highly elastic soft contact lenses with desired physical properties. In addition, the present invention provides method for making a radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention and for making a medical device, preferably an ophthalmic device, more preferably a contact lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: John Christopher Phelan, Michael Hugh Quinn, Joshua Andrew Wallach
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Patent number: 7255438Abstract: A method comprises the steps of (a) providing a water based ink in at least one cliché with a contact lens pattern; (b) transferring the water based ink from the cliché to at least a surface of at least a contact lens forming mold by means of at least a transfer pad; (c) at least partially curing the ink transferred on the mold to form a colored film; (d) dispensing a hydrogel lens-forming material into a lens-forming cavity of the mold; and (e) curing the lens-forming material within the lens-forming cavity to form the contact lens, whereby the colored film detaches from the molding surface and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens; characterized in that the relative air humidity in the immediate vicinities of the transfer pad/s is kept higher than 50% at standard temperature and pressure conditions during ink transfer.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Barry L. Atkins, Norbert Doerr, Alfred Fischer, Michael Hugh Quinn, Roland Schmieder, Robert Carey Tucker
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Patent number: 7049351Abstract: An ophthalmic lens made from a crosslinkable polymer containing H-active groups bonded to the oligomer or polymer backbone, some or all of whose hydrogen atoms have been substituted by radicals of a N-hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylamide. The lens transmits at least 70% of visible light.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: John Christopher Phelan, Michael Hugh Quinn