Patent ID: 8360576

Claim:
An intraocular lens comprising a polymer, wherein the polymer comprises at least one residue of a molecule having a structure depicted by Formula II: wherein: R and R 1 are independently selected from C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl, C 3 -C 8 -alkenyl, —(CHR′CHR″O—) n —R 4 , C 1 -C 6 -alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, C 1 -C 12 -acyl, substituted-C 1 -C 12 -acyl, -L-Q or -Q; or R and R 1 are combined to make phthalimido, succinimido, morpholino, thiomorpholino, pyrrolidino, piperidino, piperazino, or thiomorpholino-S,S-dioxide; R 2 is selected from hydrogen or one or two groups selected from C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy or halogen; X 1 and X 2 are independently selected from cyano, —CO 2 C 1 -C 6 -alkyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, carbamoyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkanoyl, aroyl, aryl, heteroaryl or —COY; R′ and R″ are independently selected from hydrogen or C 1 -C 12 -alkyl; n is an integer from 1 to about 1000; R 4 is selected from hydrogen, C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, C 1 -C 6 -alkanoyl or aryl; Y is selected from —O-L-Q, —NR′-L-Q, —N-(L-Q) 2 , or —R 5 ; L is a divalent organic radical selected from C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-O—, C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-NR′—; arylene-C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-O—, arylene-C 1 -C 6 -alkylene-NR′—, arylene-O(CHR′CHR″O) n —, C 1 -C 6 -alkylene -Y 1 —(CHR′CHR″O—) n —, or —(CHR′CHR″O—) n —; Y 1 is selected from —O—, —S—, —SO 2 —, —N(SO 2 R 5 )—, or —N(COR 5 )—; R 5 is C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, substituted C 1 -C 12 -alkyl, C 3 -C 8 -cycloalkyl or aryl; Q is a group that comprises an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group; and the molecule comprises at least one Q group.