Patent ID: 6940580

Claim:
An ophthalmic device, comprising a core material and a lubricious coating, wherein said ophthalmic device having said lubricious coating thereon has an increased hydrophilicity characterized by an averaged contact angle of about 80 degrees or less, and wherein said lubricious coating comprises a capping layer of polyvinylpyrrolidone and at least one layer of a lubricious coating material selected from the group consisting of PAMAM dendrimers, PAAm-co-PAA, glycosaminoglycanes, fucoidan, poly-aspartic acid, poly-glutamic acid, carboxymethyl cellulose, carboxymethyl dextranes, alginates, pectins, gellan, carboxyalkyl chitins, carboxymethyl chitosans, sulfated polysaccharides, glucoproteins, and aminoalkylated polysaccharides.