Patent ID: 8680172

Claim:
An intraocular lens comprising a copolymeric composite material comprising: a silicone component, and an acrylic component; wherein the acrylic component comprises: an acrylate recurring unit; and an optionally substituted vinylaryl recurring unit; wherein a portion of said acrylate recurring units and optionally substituted vinylaryl recurring units comprise a vinyldialkylsiloxy pendant group; and wherein said copolymeric composite material comprises a plurality of silicon-carbon covalent bonds between a silicon atom of the silicone component and a carbon atom of a vinyldialkylsiloxy pendant group, and further wherein said silicon-carbon covalent bonds are created via a hydrosilylation reaction between said vinyldialkylsiloxy pendant group on at least one of the acrylate recurring units and an Si—H group of the silicone component.