Patent ID: 6187042
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A61L,Y10S

Abstract:
A coated intraocular lens comprising a substrate material and a coating material for making the intraocular lens more biocompatible and reducing the risk of posterior capsule opacification, wherein the coating material is different than the substrate material and the coating material consists essentially of at least two aryl acrylic hydrophobic monomers of the formula ##STR3##wherein:X is H or CH.sub.3 ;m is 0-1;Y is nothing, O, S, or NR wherein R is H, CH.sub.3, C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 (n=1-10) iso OC.sub.3 H.sub.7, C.sub.6 H.sub.5, or CH.sub.2 C.sub.6 H.sub.5 ;Ar is any aromatic ring which can be unsubstituted or substituted with CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, n-C.sub.3 H.sub.7, iso-C.sub.3 H.sub.7, OCH.sub.3, C.sub.6 H.sub.11,Cl, Br, C.sub.6 H.sub.5, or CH.sub.2 C.sub.6 H.sub.5.