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Method of manufacture of a lens of transparent polymer having a modulated refractive index
Assignee: EssilorLuxottica SA
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Filing: 1990-05-11
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Granted: 1993-11-02
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Expires: 2010-05-11
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a method of manufacture of an optical lens providing refractive index modulation, characterized in that, starting from a lens of transparent hydrophilic polymer preferably of the hydrogel type, which has previously been shaped, the lens is impregnated with a photopolymerizable composition containing at least one monomer and a photoinitiator, which are in solution in water in the case of a hydrogel, the impregnated lens is subjected to locally modulated irradiation so as to cause local selective polymerization of the monomer, whereupon the excess non-hardened photoinitiator and non-pulverizable monomer is removed.
Inventors
- 👤 Pierre Chavel
- 👤 Denis Joyeux
- 👤 Daniel Lougnot
- 👤 Dominique Baude
- 👤 Jean-Claude Meslard
- 👤 Jean Taboury
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B3/00; G02B1/00; G02B1/04; G02B1/041; G02B1/043; G02B13/00; G02B13/0095
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
A method for producing an ophthalmic lens, comprising: impregnating a self-supportable matrix of cured polymer material in the form of said ophthalmic lens with a photopolymerizable liquid composition containing a monomer and a photoinitiator; subjecting the material thus impregnated to local irradiation, modulated in power and/or exposure time, over the surface of said matrix according to a desired pattern of refractive index modulation corresponding to a desired bifocality of said lens, whereby said composition is cured locally according to said pattern; and removing the excess quantity of non-hardened composition from the material.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
92 words
A method for producing an ophthalmic lens, comprising: impregnating a self-supportable matrix of cured polymer material in the form of said ophthalmic lens with a photopolymerizable liquid composition containing a monomer and a photoinitiator; subjecting the material thus impregnated to local irradiation, modulated in power and/or exposure time, over the surface of said matrix according to a desired pattern of refractive index modulation corresponding to a desired bifocality of said lens, whereby said composition is cured locally according to said pattern; and removing the excess quantity of non-hardened composition from the material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said self supportable matrix is a transparent polymer or copolymer obtained from a composition containing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylates, alkyl methacrylates, unsaturated lactams, hydroxyalkyl acrylates, hydroxyalkyl methacrylates and methacrylic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
Method according to claim 2, wherein said material is a polymer or copolymer obtained from a composition containing at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate (MMA), N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP), and hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
74 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said matrix is a rigid transparent polymer suitable for the production of rigid contact lenses or implants and the impregnation composition is a solution of 10-60% by weight of the composition of a hydroxy-2-methyl-2-phenyl-1 propanone photoinitiator and a photopolymerizable double ethylene bond monomer selected from the group consisting of an alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, their derivatives; an aromatic vinyl monomer, its derivatives; and a vinyl-lactam and its derivatives.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said photopolymerizable liquid composition additionally contains a cross-linking agent selected from the group consisting of triallylcyanurate, triallylisocyanurate, divinylbenzene, and a dimethylacrylate having the formula: ##STR6## R=H, CH 3 n= 1 to 5.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said irradiation is carried out at a wavelength of the visible region.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein the photoinitiator contains a photosensitive compound selected from the group consisting of thioxanthones and benzophenones.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said matrix is a cured, transparent, hydrophilic, polymeric hydrogel, and the photopolymerizable liquid composition is an aqueous solution.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the opthalmic lens is a contact lens.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the resultant lens is an implant.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
10 words
A lens as obtained by the method of claim 9.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
10 words
An implant as obtained by the method of claim 10.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for producing an ophthalmic lens, comprising: impregnating a self-supportable matrix of a cured, transparent, hydrophilic, polymeric hydrogel in the form of said ophthalmic lens with an aqueous photopolymerizable solution containing a monomer and a photoinitiator for causing polymerization under the action of irradiation; subjecting the matrix thus impregnated to local irradiation according to a desired pattern of refractive index modulation, said irradiation being modulated in power and/or exposure time over the surface of said matrix, whereby said photopolymerizable solution is cured locally according to said pattern; and removing the excess non-hardened photopolymerizable solution from the matrix.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
98 words
A method for producing an ophthalmic lens, comprising: impregnating a self-supportable matrix of a cured, transparent, hydrophilic, polymeric hydrogel in the form of said ophthalmic lens with an aqueous photopolymerizable solution containing a monomer and a photoinitiator for causing polymerization under the action of irradiation; subjecting the matrix thus impregnated to local irradiation according to a desired pattern of refractive index modulation, said irradiation being modulated in power and/or exposure time over the surface of said matrix, whereby said photopolymerizable solution is cured locally according to said pattern; and removing the excess non-hardened photopolymerizable solution from the matrix.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
67 words
A method according to claim 13, wherein the aqueous photopolymerizable solution is a solution of a methylmethacrylate or hydroxyethylemethacrylate monomer, a crosslinking agent, a hydroxy-2-methyl-2-phenyl-1-propanone photoinitiator, and an activator, in which the concentration of the photoinitiator is within the range of 10 -5 M to 0.5M, and the crosslinking agent is triallylisocyanurate, divinylbenzene, or a dimethylacrylate having the formula: ##STR7## R=H, CH 3 n= 1 to 5.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
Method according to claim 14, wherein the concentration of photoinitiator in the aqueous photopolymerizable solution is of the order of 10 -2 M to 10 -4 M.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
Method according to claim 14, wherein the polymer of the self-supportable matrix is a hydrogel based on methyl methacrylate or hydroxyethylmethacrylate cross-linked by a polyfunctional monomer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
27 words
Lens in the form of a contact lens or ocular implant, comprising a diffraction element obtained within the matrix polymer by a method according to claim 14.
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