Patent ID: 7781496

Claim:
An intraocular lens comprising a polymer that is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising a monomer of formula G-D-Ar (I) wherein Ar is a C 6 -C 24 aromatic group having a hydrophilic substituent selected from the group consisting of —COOH, —CH 2 —CH 2 OH, —(CHOH) 2 —CH 2 OH, —CH 2 —CHOH—CH 2 OH, —C(O)O—NH 2 , —C(O)—N(CH 3 ) 2 , and —(O—CH 2 —CH 2 ) n —OH wherein 1≦n ≦20, and D is a divalent saturated straight C 1 -C 10 hydrocarbon or alkyloxy linking group, and G is a reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of acryloyl, acryloyloxy, methacryloyl, methacryloyloxy and mercapto, and a hydrophobic alkyl monomer selected from C 1 -C 10 alkyl methacrylates or C 1 -C 10 alkyl acrylates, wherein the polymer has a refractive index of from 1.4 to 1.7.