Abstract:
Shaped organic polymer hydrogels, especially contact lenses, are provided with opaque or translucent colouring so as to be capable of masking effectively any underlying colour, e.g. the natural colour of the eye. The hydrogel may be rendered opaque by precipitation in situ of a white or yellow water-insoluble, inorganic or organic material e.g. barium sulphate or an optical brightener and then coloured with a suitable dyestuff.
Abstract:
A process for producing a tinted contact lens, which comprises dissolving a soluble vat dye in a monomer capable of dissolving the soluble vat dye therein, mixing the monomer having the soluble vat dye dissolved therein and other monomers, polymerizing the monomer mixture and processing the resulting polymer into a shape of a contact lens.
Abstract:
Bei dem erfindungsgemäßen Verfahren wird das Färbegut mit einer wäßrigen Lösung des Leukoküpenesterfarbstoffs in Gegenwart eines Vanadats geklotzt, dann zur Entwicklung mit einer wäßrigen Flotte, die Schwefelsäure und Peroxomonoschwefelsäure und/oder ein Salz der Peroxomonoschwefelsäure enthält, überklotzt und anschließend verweilen gelassen oder gelagert. Die Verfahrensweise vermeidet die zur Entwicklung bisher übliche Verwendung von Natriumnitrit.
Abstract:
Disclosed are processes for tinting hydrogel materials, such as contact lenses, by dissolving a leuco sulfate ester of a vat dye in a compatible monomer solution, adding an oxidizing initiator to the monomer solution, and oxidizing and polymerizing the monomer solution and dye in the same solution. In one aspect, the oxidation and polymerization are conducted simultaneously whereas in another embodiment, the oxidation of the soluble leuco sulfate ester of a vat dye to the insoluble vat dye and polymerization are conducted sequentially in the same reaction medium.
Abstract:
Disclosed are processes for tinting hydrogel materials, such as contact lenses, by dissolving a leuco sulfate ester of a vat dye in a compatible monomer solution, adding an oxidizing initiator to the monomer solution, and oxidizing and polymerizing the monomer solution and dye in the same solution. In one aspect, the oxidation and polymerization are conducted simultaneously whereas in another embodiment, the oxidation of the soluble leuco sulfate ester of a vat dye to the insoluble vat dye and polymerization are conducted sequentially in the same reaction medium.
Abstract:
Shaped organic polymer hydrogels, especially contact lenses, are provided with opaque or translucent colouring so as to be capable of masking effectively any underlying colour, e.g. the natural colour of the eye. The hydrogel may be rendered opaque by precipitation in situ of a white or yellow water-insoluble, inorganic or organic material e.g. barium sulphate or an optical brightener and then coloured with a suitable dyestuff.
Abstract:
A process for producing a tinted contact lens, which comprises dissolving a soluble vat dye in a monomer capable of dissolving the soluble vat dye therein, mixing the monomer having the soluble vat dye dissolved therein and other monomers, polymerizing the monomer mixture and processing the resulting polymer into a shape of a contact lens.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method of tinting the iris area of a hydrogel soft contact lens (21) to produce a pattern. The area (15) to be tinted is exposed to a vat dye in a predominantly aqueous, liquid, solution through a stencil pattern on a screen (12) so that the dye is absorbed only into the unmasked areas of the lens and the dye is then developed. The screen mask is a flat screen material and during tinting the normally curved lens is adhered to the first side of the screen by surface tension in a flat disposition, with the dye solution applied gently in drops (22) to the other side of the screen, such that the dye is absorbed in a non-solid pattern into the iris area of the lens. The invention is particularly applicable to low (38 % to 50 %) water content lenses.