摘要:
A method for modifying a PMMA surface by the gamma-irradiation induced polymerization thereon of N-vinylpyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate or a mixture thereof while maintaining the following conditions: a) monomer concentration in the range of from about 0.5% to about 50%, by weight; b) total gamma dose in the range of from about 0.01 to less than about 0.50 Mrad; c) gamma dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 2500 rads/minute; and d) maintaining the molecular weight of the polymer in solution in the range of from about 250,000 to about 5,000,000. The invention also relates to modifying polypropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, polycarbonate and silicone surfaces according to a similar method as well as materials produced by the above methods which are useful as ocular implants.
摘要:
A method for modifying a PMMA surface by the gamma-irradiation induced polymerization thereon of N-vinylpyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate or a mixture thereof while maintaining the following conditions:
a) monomer concentration in the range of from about 0.5% to about 50%, by weight; b) total gamma dose in the range of from about 0.01 to less than about 0.50 Mrad; c) gamma dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 2500 rads/minute; and d) maintaining the molecular weight of the polymer in solution in the range of from about 250,000 to about 5,000,000.
The invention also relates to modifying polypropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, polycarbonate and silicone surfaces according to a similar method as well as materials produced by the above methods which are useful as ocular implants.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for modifying a plastic surface of ocular implants, said surface adapted for contact with living tissue of a human or non-human animal, by the gamma-irradiation induced or the electron beam-irradiation induced polymerized chemically grafted coating thereon of:
1) a monomer comprising N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP), 2) a monomer comprising 2-hydroxyethyl-methacrylate (HEMA), 3) a mixture of (NVP) and (HEMA), (NVP-HEMA), or 4) a mixture of 1), 2) or 3) with up to about 50 wt%, based on the total monomer weight, of an ionic monomer, salt of an ionic monomer or mixture thereof; so as to form a hydrophillic graft polymer coating of:
I. polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), II. poly-2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (PHEMA), III. a copolymer of (NVP) and (HEMA), [P(NVP-HEMA)], or IV. a copolymer of (NVP), (HEMA), or (NVP-HEMA) and said ionic monomer, on said surface, the improvement comprising:
conducting said gamma-irradiation induced graft polymerisation in an aqueous solution under the following conditions:
a) monomer concentration in the range of from about 0.1% to about 50% by weight; b) total gamma (or total electron beam irradiation) dose in the range of from about 0.001 to less than about 0.50 Mrad; and c) gamma dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 2500 rads/min or an electron beam irradiation dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 10 8 rads/min.
摘要:
A method for modifying a PMMA surface by the gamma-irradiation induced polymerization thereon of N-vinylpyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate or a mixture thereof while maintaining the following conditions: a) monomer concentration in the range of from about 0.5% to about 50%, by weight; b) total gamma dose in the range of from about 0.01 to less than about 0.50 Mrad; c) gamma dose rate in the range of from about 10 to about 2500 rads/minute; and d) maintaining the molecular weight of the polymer in solution in the range of from about 250,000 to about 5,000,000. The invention also relates to modifying polypropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, polycarbonate and silicone surfaces according to a similar method as well as materials produced by the above methods which are useful as ocular implants.