141 |
Method for applying a coating onto a silicone hydrogel lens |
US11978336 |
2007-10-29 |
US09052442B2 |
2015-06-09 |
John Dallas Pruitt; Lynn Cook Winterton; Sai Ramamurthy Kumar; Dawn A. Smith |
The invention provides a cost-effective and in-situ method for applying an LbL coating onto a silicone hydrogel contact lens directly in a lens package. The resultant silicone hydrogel contact lens has a coating with good hydrophilicity, intactness and durability and also can be used directly from the lens package by a patient without washing and/or rising. In addition, the invention provides a packaging solution for in-situ coating of a silicone hydrogel contact lens in a lens package and an ophthalmic lens product. |
142 |
Resin particle comprising microparticle having specific degree of swelling and containing vinyl-monomer-based resin of specific solubility parameter, and method for producing same |
US13700646 |
2011-05-27 |
US09023476B2 |
2015-05-05 |
Hideo Harada; Kenta Nose; Masaru Honda; Eiji Iwawaki; Takahiro Tanaka |
Disclosed is a resin particle having excellent low-temperature fusibility, having a sufficiently narrow size distribution, and that is obtained using a liquid or supercritical fluid. In the resin particle (C), which comprises a microparticle (A) containing a resin (a) being coated to or adhered to the surface of a resin particle (B) that contains another resin (b), the degree of swelling of the microparticle (A) resulting from liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide (X) at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature or the melting point of the microparticle (A) is no greater than 16%, and with the resin (a) as a constituent unit, the resin particle (C) contains 0.1-50 wt % of a non-crystalline non-halogen vinyl monomer (m1) of which the solubility parameter (SP value: (cal/cm3)1/2) is 7-9. |
143 |
Coupling an Ultrasound Probe to the Skin |
US14475596 |
2014-09-03 |
US20150018686A1 |
2015-01-15 |
Nicolay Berard-Andersen; Gjermund Fjeld Olsen |
A tape for securing an ultrasound probe to the skin may include a sonolucent silicone gel for transmitting ultrasound from an ultrasound transducer to the body. A method of manufacturing an adhesive silicone product may include a step of treating the adhesive composition or components of the composition to remove air or prevent the formation of air bubbles, in order to provide a sonolucent adhesive product. |
144 |
CURABLE COLORED INKS FOR MAKING COLORED SILICONE |
US14046049 |
2013-10-04 |
US20140039086A1 |
2014-02-06 |
John Christopher Phelan |
The present invention provides an actinically or thermally curable ink for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises at least one colorant, a solvent and a binder polymer including ethylenically unsaturated groups and segments derived from at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromer. The ink of the invention is characterized by having capability to be cured actinically or thermally to form a colored coat on a silicone hydrogel contact lens, wherein the colored coat has good adhesion to the silicone hydrogel contact lens without being covalently attached to the lens material of the contact lens. The invention also provides methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. |
145 |
Curable colored inks for making colored silicone hydrogel lenses |
US12454120 |
2009-05-13 |
US08622543B2 |
2014-01-07 |
John Christopher Phelan |
The present invention provides an actinically or thermally curable ink for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises at least one colorant, a solvent and a binder polymer including ethylenically unsaturated groups and segments derived from at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromer. The ink of the invention is characterized by having capability to be cured actinically or thermally to form a colored coat on a silicone hydrogel contact lens, wherein the colored coat has good adhesion to the silicone hydrogel contact lens without being covalently attached to the lens material of the contact lens. The invention also provides methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. |
146 |
RESIN PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME |
US13700646 |
2011-05-27 |
US20130071665A1 |
2013-03-21 |
Hideo Harada; Kenta Nose; Masaru Honda; Eiji Iwawaki; Takahiro Tanaka |
Disclosed is a resin particle having excellent low-temperature fusibility, having a sufficiently narrow size distribution, and that is obtained using a liquid or supercritical fluid. In the resin particle (C), which comprises a microparticle (A) containing a resin (a) being coated to or adhered to the surface of a resin particle (B) that contains another resin (b), the degree of swelling of the microparticle (A) resulting from liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide (X) at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature or the melting point of the microparticle (A) is no greater than 16%, and with the resin (a) as a constituent unit, the resin particle (C) contains 0.1-50 wt % of a non-crystalline non-halogen vinyl monomer (m1) of which the solubility parameter (SP value: (cal/cm3)1/2) is 7-9. |
147 |
FOAMABLE RUBBER COMPOSITION |
US13242481 |
2011-09-23 |
US20120178838A1 |
2012-07-12 |
Peter Wilbert Leonie Jeanette Meijers |
The invention is related to an elastomer composition comprising an elastomeric polymer comprising ethylene and α-olefin derived units, a curing package and a blowing agent wherein the blowing agent comprises a compound containing water of crystallization.The invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of a foamed article comprising the steps of preparing an elastomeric composition, shaping, foaming and curing the elastomeric composition. The invention further relates to a foamed article. |
148 |
Coating solutions comprising segmented interactive block copolymers |
US12334619 |
2008-12-15 |
US08100528B2 |
2012-01-24 |
Jeffrey G. Linhardt; Devon A. Shipp; Jay F. Kunzler; David Paul Vanderbilt |
This invention is directed toward surface treatment of a device. The surface treatment comprises the attachment of interactive segmented block copolymers to the surface of the substrate by means of interactive functionalities of the segmented block copolymer reacting with complementary surface functionalities in monomeric units along the polymer substrate. The present invention is also directed to a surface modified medical device, examples of which include contact lenses, intraocular lenses, vascular stents, phakic intraocular lenses, aphakic intraocular lenses, corneal implants, catheters, implants, and the like, comprising a surface made by such a method. |
149 |
LOW-K DIELECTRICS OBTAINABLE BY TWIN POLYMERIZATION |
US12989665 |
2009-04-28 |
US20110046314A1 |
2011-02-24 |
Andreas Klipp; Arno Lange; Hans-Joachim Haehnle |
The invention relates to a dielectric layer with a permittivity of 3.5 or less comprising a dielectric obtainable by polymerizing at least one twin monomer comprising a) a first monomer unit which comprises a metal or semimetal, and b) a second monomer unit which is connected to the first monomer unit via a chemical bond, wherein the polymerization involves polymerizing the twin monomer with breakage of the chemical bond and formation of a first polymer comprising the first monomer unit and of a second polymer comprising the second monomer unit, and wherein the first and the second monomer unit polymerize via a common mechanism. |
150 |
Method of manufacturing contact lens material and method of manufacturing soft contact lens |
US11991411 |
2006-08-30 |
US20090212450A1 |
2009-08-27 |
Suguru Imafuku |
Provided is a contact lens material having a smooth surface with good water wettability and durability. In the method of manufacturing a contact lens material comprising a contact lens base material and a coating formed on at least a portion of a surface of the above base material, the contact lens base material is processed by plasma polymerization in a mixed gas atmosphere of methane and moist air, and then treated with plasma in a nonpolymerizable gas atmosphere to form the above coating. Further provided is a method of manufacturing a soft contact lens wherein water is introduced into the contact lens material manufactured by the above method to obtain a soft contact lens. |
151 |
COATING SOLUTIONS COMPRISING SEGMENTED REACTIVE BLOCK COPOLYMERS |
US12334618 |
2008-12-15 |
US20090171459A1 |
2009-07-02 |
Jeffrey G. Linhardt; Devon A. Shipp; Jay F. Kunzler |
This invention is directed toward surface treatment of a device. The surface treatment comprises the attachment of reactive segmented block copolymers to the surface of the substrate by means of reactive functionalities of the terminal functionalized surfactant material reacting with complementary surface reactive functionalities in monomeric units along the polymer substrate. The present invention is also directed to a surface modified medical device, examples of which include contact lenses, intraocular lenses, vascular stents, phakic intraocular lenses, aphakic intraocular lenses, corneal implants, catheters, implants, and the like, comprising a surface made by such a method. |
152 |
Silicone Urisheath with Integrated Adhesive |
US11661987 |
2005-09-05 |
US20080187693A1 |
2008-08-07 |
Henrik Lindenskov Nielsen |
Using an oxidative process it is made possible to apply an adhesive material to silicone. The process is controlled, allowing selective oxidative treatment to a silicone structure enabling treatment to the inside of a tubular structure. |
153 |
Electrolyte membrane-forming curable resin composition, and preparation of electrolyte membrane and electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly |
US11357205 |
2006-02-21 |
US20060194890A1 |
2006-08-31 |
Toshio Ohba; Mitsuhito Takahashi |
A curable resin composition comprising (a) a compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group and at least one ion conductive group, (b) a compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups, (c) an organosilicon compound having at least two SiH groups, (d) a platinum group catalyst, and (e) a solvent is dried and cured by heating into a cured film having excellent ionic conduction and serving as electrolyte membrane. The electrolyte membrane and an electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly satisfy fuel cell-related properties including ionic conduction and film strength as well as productivity. |
154 |
Conductive organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising a mesoporous phase, membrane, electrode and fuel cell |
US10542813 |
2004-01-22 |
US20060182942A1 |
2006-08-17 |
Karine Valle; Philippe Belleville; Clement Sanchez |
A conductive organic-inorganic hybrid material comprising a mineral phase in which walls define pores forming a structured mesoporous network with open porosity; said material further comprising an organic oligomer or polymer integrated in said walls and bonded covalently to the mineral phase, and optionally another phase inside the pores, composed of at least one surfactant; at least one of the mineral phase, the oligomer, and the organic polymer having conductive and/or hydrophilic functions. Membrane and electrode comprising this material. Fuel cell comprising at least one such membrane and/or at least one such electrode. Process for preparing said material. |
155 |
Process for making polyesters |
US10817987 |
2004-04-05 |
US07081511B2 |
2006-07-25 |
Hengpeng Wu; Jianhui Shan; Shuji Sue Ding-Lee; Zhong Xhiang; Eleazor B. Gonzalez; Mark O. Neisser |
The present invention relates to a process for making a polyester where a dianhydride is reacted with a diol. The resulting polyester can be further reacted with a compound selected from aromatic oxides, aliphatic oxides, alkylene carbonates, alcohols, and mixtures thereof. |
156 |
Curable colored inks for making colored silicone hydrogel lenses |
US11110059 |
2005-04-20 |
US20050237483A1 |
2005-10-27 |
John Phelan |
The present invention provides an actinically or thermally curable ink for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises at least one colorant, a solvent and a binder polymer including ethylenically unsaturated groups and segments derived from at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromer. The ink of the invention is characterized by having capability to be cured actinically or thermally to form a colored coat on a silicone hydrogel contact lens, wherein the colored coat has good adhesion to the silicone hydrogel contact lens without being covalently attached to the lens material of the contact lens. The invention also provides methods for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. |
157 |
Manufacturing method for electrolyte membrane |
US10891026 |
2004-07-15 |
US20050020715A1 |
2005-01-27 |
Norifumi Hasegawa; Nana Hayakawa |
In a first process step, intermediate product dehydration polymerization of a hydrocarbon-based polymer including a metal alkoxide and phosphoric acid is performed to obtain an intermediate product. Then, in a second process step, the intermediate product is irradiated by microwaves with a wavelength that selectively imparts energy to a hydroxyl group included in the intermediate product. As a result, an electrolyte membrane is obtained that is composed from a skeleton formed from a hydrocarbon-based polymer and phosphoric acid that is proton conductive. |
158 |
Proton-conducting film and method of manufacturing the same |
US10367351 |
2003-02-14 |
US20030232250A1 |
2003-12-18 |
Masayuki
Nogami; Haibin
Li |
A proton-conducting film suitable for use as an electrolyte in a small fuel cell and a method of manufacturing the proton-conducting film. A proton-conductive film contains at least silicon, and has a plurality of pores three-dimensionally oriented with regularity. The pore diameter is smaller than 5 nm, and the film thickness is within the range from 100 to 10000 nm. The film may be manufactured by preparing a solution for making the film containing at least silicon, adding a surfactant to the solution, attaching the solution in film form to a surface of a substrate, and heating the film at 300 to 800null C. to remove the surfactant and to cause glass transition. |
159 |
Method for depositing a barrier coating on a polymeric substrate and composition comprising said barrier coating |
US09828065 |
2001-04-05 |
US06586048B2 |
2003-07-01 |
Ronald F. Welch, Jr.; Robert J. Saccomanno; Gary A. West |
The present invention relates to a method for depositing a parylene polymer barrier coating on a polymeric substrate for improving the chemical resistance of the substrate. The method comprises the steps of thoroughly treating a surface portion of the substrate to remove any contaminants, depositing at least one layer of parylene polymer on the contaminant-free surface portion via chemical vapor deposition, and then annealing each of the at least one layer of parylene polymer for a sufficient time. The present invention also relates to a composition for a barrier coating on a polymeric substrate comprising at least one layer of parylene polymer bonded to the surface of the polymeric substrate. The substrate can be a silicone rubber keypad. |
160 |
Method for forming a region of low dielectric constant nanoporous material using a microemulsion technique |
US10012298 |
2001-11-13 |
US20030092251A1 |
2003-05-15 |
Soo
Choi
Pheng; Lap
Chan; Wang
Cui
Yang; Siew
Yong
Kong; Alex
See |
A method for forming a region of low dielectric constant nanoporous material is disclosed. In one embodiment, the present method includes the step of preparing a microemulsion. The method of the present embodiment then recites applying the microemulsion to a surface above which it is desired to form a region of low dielectric constant nanoporous material. Next, the present method recites subjecting the microemulsion, which has been applied to the surface, to a thermal process such that the region of low dielectric constant nanoporous material is formed above the surface. |