Patent ID: 7789509

Claim:
A method of reducing or eliminating glistenings in an intraocular lens, comprising: providing an intraocular lens comprising a polymer or polymer blend having an equilibrium water content of from about 1 wt % to about 12 wt % at about 37° C.; contacting the intraocular lens with isotonic saline solution at a temperature of about 20 ° C. to about 90 ° C. for from about 1 hour to about 36 hours; sterilizing the intraocular lens while maintaining it at its equilibrium water content; and, implanting the intraocular lens into the eye of a patient in need thereof or storing the intraocular lens in sterile isotonic saline until needed for implantation into the eye of a patient in need thereof, wherein: the polymer or polymer blend comprises a copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol) phenyl ether acrylate, styrene, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate.