BIOCOMPATIBLE OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT POLYMERIC MATERIAL BASED UPON COLLAGEN AND METHOD OF MAKING

摘要

The present invention is a biocompatible polymer containing the copolymerization product of a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic acrylic and/or allelic monomers, graft-polymerized with telo-collagen. The present material is useful in the production of deformable lenses, for example, intraocular lenses, refractive intraocular contact lenses, and standard contact lenses useful, for example, for correcting aphakia, myopia and hypermetropia.