IMPROVED ITACONATE COPOLYMERIC COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTACT LENSES

摘要

Copolymers useful as contact lens materials are the polymerization product (I)of a mixture comprising: (a) an itaconate; (b) a compound represented by formula (I), wherein each A is independently an activated unsaturated radical; each R is independently selected from the group consisting of a C1-C12 monovalent hydrocarbon radical, a C1-C12 monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing ether linkages, a halogen-substituted C1-C12 monovalent hydrocarbon radical, and a halogen-substituted C1-C12 monovalent hydrocarbon radical containing ether linkages; each R' is independently a C1-C22 divalent hydrocarbon radical; and n averages about 15 to about 50; (c) an ethylenically unsaturated organoxiloxane monomer; and (d) a hydrophilic monomer.