Patent ID: 7947796

Claim:
An intraocular lens comprising an optic portion and one or more haptic portions, wherein the optic portion comprises a copolymer consisting essentially of monomeric subunits, wherein the monomeric subunits consist essentially of: (a) one or more hydrophobic alkoxyalkoxyalkyl methacrylate or alkoxyalkoxyalkyl acrylate monomers, which can be the same or different, and/or one or more hydrophobic alkyl methacrylate or alkyl acrylate monomers; and (b) one or more alkoxyalkyl methacrylate monomers, which can be the same or different, and/or one or more alkoxyalkyl acrylate monomers, which can be the same or different, and further wherein the primary monomeric subunits of the copolymer by weight are the one or more alkoxyalkyl methacrylate and/or the one or more alkoxyalkyl acrylate monomers, and still further wherein the copolymer has an equilibrium water content of less than 5 percent by weight, and still further wherein the monomeric subunits comprise 1% or less of aromatic monomer, and wherein the copolymer is not a hydrogel.