Patent ID: 7879267

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an article comprising the steps of: a.) coating a molding surface of a mold or a mold half with a coating effective amount of a high molecular weight coating composition having a molecular weight of greater than about 300 kD and comprising at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(vinyl alcohol), polyethylene oxide, poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate), poly(acrylic acid), poly(methacrylic acid), poly(maleic acid), poly(itaconic acid), poly(acrylamide), poly(dimethylacrylamide), carboxymethylated polymers, polystyrene sulfonic acid, polysulfonate polymers, polysaccharides, glucose amino glycans, block or random copolymers thereof, or mixtures thereof; b.) dispensing a monomer mixture comprising, a silicone-containing hydrogel monomer, into the mold or mold half; and c.) curing the monomer mixture and the coating composition using a dwell time of less than about 45 seconds and under conditions suitable to form an article coated with the coating composition; wherein said at least one polymer does not chemically attach to the article.