Abstract:
Protective coatings are disclosed. Methods of applying the protective coatings are also disclosed, where a transfer pad (10), comprising a deformable body (14) and having a layer of protective coating solution (7), is transferred on to the surface (92) of a device (90) to be coated on a support/indexing plate (94), then moved under radiation source (99) to cure layer (19) applied to the device.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a water soluble, randomly substituted partial n-, partial o- acetylated chitosans or chitosan derivatives and methods of preparing water soluble, randomly substituted partial N-, partial O-acetylated chitosans or chitosan derivatives comprising the steps of dissolving the chitosan or chitosan derivative into an aqueous acidic solution and reacting the chitosan or chitosan derivative with an acetylating agent in the presence of a phase transfer reagent. The comprising: (a) at least one chitosan or chitosan derivative and (b) at least one buffer solution, as well as methods of preserving contact lens solutions and disinfecting contact lens using such composition.
Abstract:
A polymerizable composition comprising an effective amount of at least one tetrafunctional acrylate monomer. In one embodiment of the invention, a polymerizable composition is a compound comprising of at least 50 percent by weight of at least one tetrafunctional acrylate monomer, from 5 to 20 percent by weight of at least one modified bisphenol A epoxy diacrylate monomer, from 0 to 25 percent by weight of at least one acrylate monomer selected from aliphatic difunctional and polyfunctional acrylates, from 0 to 3 percent by weight of at least one UV absorber, and a source of free radicals. The lens-forming material resulted from the polymerizable composition is introduced to a lens mold with a mold cavity having a configuration conforming to the optical lens to be molded. A radiation energy source is used to cure the lens-forming material in the filled mold. The radiation energy source comprises a U-shaped UV light. The U-shaped UV light has a first arm capable of delivering UV light in a first direction and a second arm capable of delivering UV light in an opposite second direction. The first and second arms are spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other, thereby defining a space therebetween. The filled mold is placed at the center of the space therebetween the first and second arms to receive the radiations from the first and second directions for curing. The resultant lens has an inherently integrated "hard-soft-hard" structure cross-sectionally.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for filling a mold for casting optical lens. Two molding shells and a closure member form a mold with a molding cavity. To fill the mold a fluid lens-forming material is introduced into the molding cavity through a casting opening formed in the closure member. Air is venting out during the filling process through a venting opening also formed in the closure member. Both the casting opening and the venting opening are located in the upper portion of the molding cavity but spaced apart from each other at an acute angle.
Abstract:
A fluid dispensing device and method of dispensing fluid comprises a container (20) for holding the fluid, a housing (40) having an interior in which a portion of the container is located, and a source for compressing a portion of the container disposed within the interior of the housing.