Claims
- 1. A hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens having a front surface that is not to be in contact with the cornea of a human eye when said contact lens is worn on said human eye, wherein at least the front surface of an oxygen permeable contact lens is coated with a hydrophilicity rendering material that renders said front surface hydrophilic, said hydrophilicity rendering material being a hydrophilic silicone oil represented by the following formula and whose viscosity at a temperature of 20.degree. C. is not higher than 5,000 centipoise, ##STR5## where, p: 5.about.200
- q: 0.about.50, r: 0.about.50, q+r.gtoreq.1,
- R.sub.1 .about.R.sub.10 : alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms or phenyl group, each of R.sub.1 -R.sub.10 being in different groups or in the same group, ##STR6## where, M: 0.about.1, n: 1.about.20,
- R.sub.13 : alkyl group having 1.about.30 carbon atoms or aryl group, ##STR7## and where, R.sub.14 : alkyl group having 1.about.20 carbon atoms.
- 2. A hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens having a front surface that is not to be in contact with the cornea of a human eye when said contact lens is worn on said human eye, said hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens being produced by a method comprising the steps of:
- preparing an aqueous solution containing 0.05.about.25% by weight of a hydrophilicity rendering material, said hydrophilicity rendering material rendering said front surface hydrophilic and consisting of hydrophilic silicone oil which is represented by the following formula and whose viscosity at a temperature of 20.degree. C. is not higher than 5,000 centipoise;
- coating at least the front surface of an oxygen permeable contact lens with said hydrophilicity rendering material, by contacting said contact lens with said aqueous solution containing said hydrophilicity rendering material; and
- drying said contact lens whose front surface has been coated with said hydrophilicity rendering material: ##STR8## where, p: 5.about.200
- q: 0.about.50, r: 0.about.50, q+r.gtoreq.1,
- R.sub.1 .about.R.sub.10 : alkyl group having 1.about.4 carbon atoms or phenyl group, each of R.sub.1 .about.R.sub.10 being in different groups or in the same group, ##STR9## where, m: 0.about.1, n: 1.about.20,
- R.sub.13 : alkyl group having 1.about.30 carbon atoms or aryl group, ##STR10## and where, R.sub.14 : alkyl group having 1.about.20 carbon atoms.
- 3. The hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens of claim 2, wherein said aqueous solution containing said hydrophilicity rendering material further contains alcohol.
- 4. The hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens of claim 3, wherein said alcohol is ethanol.
- 5. The hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens of claim 2, said method further comprising a step of effecting a preliminary treatment selected from the group consisting of corona discharge treatment, plasma discharge treatment, and a treatment using a strong acid.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a Division of application Ser. No. 08/559,161 filed Nov. 13, 1995, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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