Patents by Inventor Zach Munoz
Zach Munoz 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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Publication number: 20240018309Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Patent number: 11802182Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Publication number: 20220275154Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Patent number: 11365288Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Patent number: 11346982Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Steve Yun Zhang, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Patent number: 10968319Abstract: The present invention generally relates to silicone hydrogel contact lenses each inherently having, on lens surfaces, a relatively-high concentration of primary amino groups and to a method for producing the same. The invention is also related to silicone hydrogel contact lens precursors each inherently having, on lens surfaces, a relatively-high concentration of N-Boc-protected primary amino groups which can be easily and conveniently deprotected during lens extraction and/or hydration steps.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Maria F. Gubitosi Raspino, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Augustine Twum Kumi, Zach Munoz, Weihong Lang
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Publication number: 20210009762Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Publication number: 20210011197Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Steve Yun Zhang, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Patent number: 10875967Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Patent number: 10866344Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Alcon Inc.Inventors: Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Steve Yun Zhang, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Patent number: 10843422Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for producing inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses with a robusteness of lens shape and having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Alcon, Inc.Inventors: Daqing Wu, Steve Yun Zhang, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Frank Chang, Wei Liang, Ying Zheng, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi
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Patent number: 10449740Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses having a stable lubricious coating thereon without involving use of organic solvent in post-curing processes.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Xinming Qian, Jared Nelson, Robert Carey Tucker, Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Leroy Wainaina Muya, Dharmesh Patel, Zach Munoz, Yongxing Qiu, Chung-Yuan Chiang, Ritu Shrestha, Kelly Kayi Tallau
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Publication number: 20190263971Abstract: The present invention generally relates to silicone hydrogel contact lenses each inherently having, on lens surfaces, a relatively-high concentration of primary amino groups and to a method for producing the same. The invention is also related to silicone hydrogel contact lens precursors each inherently having, on lens surfaces, a relatively-high concentration of N-Boc-protected primary amino groups which can be easily and conveniently deprotected during lens extraction and/or hydration steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Maria F. Gubitosi Raspino, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Augustine Twum Kumi, Zach Munoz, Weihong Lang
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Publication number: 20180356562Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Steve Yun Zhang, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Publication number: 20180354214Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for producing inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses with a robusteness of lens shape and having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Daqing Wu, Steve Yun Zhang, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Frank Chang, Wei Liang, Ying Zheng, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi
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Publication number: 20180355112Abstract: The present invention generally relates to inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses having relatively high oxygen permeability, relatively high equilibrium water content and relatively low elastic modulus. The present invention is also related to a method for making such inherently wettable silicone hydrogel contact lenses.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Junhao Ge, Richard Charles Breitkopf, Xinming Qian, Zach Munoz, Matthew D. Nelson, Augustine Twum Kumi, Weihong Lang, Ying Zheng, Feng Jing, Frank Chang
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Publication number: 20170165932Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for producing silicone hydrogel contact lenses having a stable lubricious coating thereon without involving use of organic solvent in post-curing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Xinming Qian, Jared Nelson, Robert Carey Tucker, Steve Yun Zhang, Daqing Wu, Leroy Wainaina Muya, Dharmesh Patel, Zach Munoz, Yongxing Qiu, Chung-Yuan Chiang, Ritu Shrestha, Kelly Kayi Tallau
