Coated intraocular lens and coatings therefor.

摘要

A coating material is produced useful for coating an intraocular lens having haptics secured thereto or integral therewith or for coating one or more of said haptics or for coating both which contains at least one substance to be released at a predetermined controlled rate into the human eye together with the coating material. The coating material is hydrophilic, compatible with the lens or haptics both onto which it is coated, is non-toxic to the human eye, and is biocompatible with the human eye. The coating is capable of delivering a desired effective amount of the at least one substance into the human eye over a predetermined period of time, together with a method of releasing a desired substance into the human eye by implanting into the human eye an intraocular lens having a coating as above described.