Patent ID: 6737496
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A61L,C08G,C08L,G02B

Abstract:
A photopolymerizable polysiloxane copolymer having functional acryl groups at terminal ends thereof, a specific gravity greater than about 1.0, and a refractive index suitable for restoring the refractive power of the natural crystalline lens, wherein the polysiloxane copolymer has siloxane monomer units selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted arylsiloxanes, substituted and unsubstituted arylalkylsiloxanes, substituted and unsubstituted alkyl(alkyl)siloxanes, and mixtures thereof, wherein at least one of the siloxane monomer units is substituted with one or more fluorine atoms, and wherein at least one siloxane monomer unit is an arylsiloxane or an arylalkylsiloxane.