Patent ID: 8216629

Claim:
A method, comprising: providing an intraocular lens insertion device having a polypropylene insertion tip assembly; contacting the insertion tip assembly with a polypropylene copolymer primer dissolved in a first solvent; removing the insertion tip assembly from contact with the primer/first solvent to form a primed insertion tip; drying the primed insertion tip assembly; curing the primed and dried insertion tip assembly; contacting the primed, dried and cured insertion tip assembly with a lubricious polymer dissolved in a second solvent or solvent system having a Hildebrand solubility parameter that is from about 0.5 (cal/cc) 1/2 to about 2.5 (cal/cc) 1/2 greater than the Hildebrand solubility parameter of the insertion tip assembly polymer; removing the primed, dried and cured insertion tip assembly from the lubricious polymer/second solvent to form a lubricious insertion tip assembly; drying the lubricious insertion tip assembly; and, curing the lubricious insertion tip assembly.