JP2803232B2 - contact lens - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a contact lens, and more particularly, to a contact lens excellent in oxygen permeability and the like.

<Prior Art> At present, as a generally used contact lens, an oxygen-permeable (hereinafter abbreviated as GP) hard contact lens and a water-containing soft contact lens are known. Although the water-containing soft contact lens is excellent in wearing feeling, the oxygen permeability of the material is insufficient. Therefore, it is conceivable to increase the moisture content of the material in order to increase oxygen permeability, but clinical results have been reported that it is easy to be contaminated with various bacteria and cause serious complications to the cornea and conjunctiva. I have. On the other hand, GP hard contact lenses are highly evaluated in terms of high oxygen permeability, effect of correcting astigmatism, durability and safety, and are becoming the mainstream of contact lenses. Along with this, research on GP hard contact lenses has also been actively conducted, but in each of the above GP contact lenses, only oxygen permeability is pursued, and in fact, other properties required as contact lenses are not sufficient. .

For example, the contact lenses described in JP-B-62-8769, JP-B-62-61928 and JP-B-63-36646 have good oxygen permeability, but have problems in shape stability and stain resistance. is there. On the other hand, dialkyl fumarate used in JP-A-62-99720 and JP-A-62-212618 has poor copolymerizability, and even if co-workers can be employed,
It is very brittle and easily breaks and is dangerous. In addition,
The contact lens disclosed in 61-176909 has a low oxygen permeability and is unsuitable for continuous wearing, which has attracted particular attention in recent years.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> An object of the present invention is to provide an excellent visual acuity correcting effect, have oxygen permeability that allows long-term continuous wearing, and have shape stability, stain resistance,
An object of the present invention is to provide a contact lens having excellent durability.

<Means for Solving the Problems> According to the present invention, general formula (I) (Wherein R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ are the same or different groups,
Further, at least one group is a group containing a fluorine atom, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms,
It represents 12 alkenyl groups, cyclic alkyl groups having 3 to 12 carbon atoms or aryl groups, and n, m and l each represent an integer of 0 to 4. And 1 to 2 or more 1-pentene-2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester-based monomers represented by the following formula: A contact lens is provided.

 The present invention will be described in more detail above.

The contact lens of the present invention has a specific 1-pentene-
It is characterized by containing a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a 2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester monomer as a raw material monomer.

The 1-pentene-2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester monomer used in the present invention can be represented by the following general formula (I): In the formula, R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ are the same or different groups, and at least one group is a group containing a fluorine atom, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms,
It represents 12 alkenyl groups, cyclic alkyl groups having 3 to 12 carbon atoms or aryl groups, and n, m and l each represent an integer of 0 to 4. When R ₁ , R ₂ and / or R ₃ have 13 or more carbon atoms, or when at least one of n, m and l is 5 or more, production is difficult. The number of fluorine contained in at least one of R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ is preferably 3 or more. 1- represented by the general formula (I)
Examples of the pentene-2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester monomer include 2- (2 ', 2', 2'-trifluoroethoxycarbonyl) -4,5-di (isopropyloxycarbonyl)- 1-pentene, 2- (1 ', 1', 1 ',
3 ', 3', 3'-hexafluoroisopropyloxycarbonyl) -4,5-di (tert-butyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2- (1 ', 1', 5'-trihydroperfluoropentyl (Oxycarbonyl) -4,5-di (tert-butyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2- (1 ′, 1 ′, 2 ′, 2′-tetrahydroperfluorodecyloxycarbonyl) -4,5-di ( Ethoxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2- (2 ', 2', 2'-trifluoroethyloxycarbonyl) -4,5-di (1 ', 1',
1 ', 3', 3 ', 3'-hexafluoroisopropyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2- (1', 1 ', 1',
3 ', 3', 3'-hexafluoroisopropyloxycarbonyl) -4,5-di (2 ', 2', 2'-trifluoroethyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2- (2 ',
2 ', 2'-trifluoroethyloxycarbonyl) -4,5
-Di (1 ', 1', 5'-trihydroperfluoropentyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2- (1 ', 1',
2 ', 2'-tetrahydroperfluorodecyloxycarbonyl) -4,5-di (2', 2 ', 2'-trifluoroethyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2,4,5-tri (2' , 2 ', 2'-trifluoroethyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2,4,5-tri (1', 1 ', 1', 3 ',
3 ', 3'-hexafluoroisopropyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2,5-di (2', 2 ', 2'-trifluoroethyloxycarbonyl) -4- (1', 1 ',
1 ', 3', 3 ', 3'-hexafluoroisopropyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, 2,5-di (2', 2 ', 2'
-Trifluoroethyloxycarbonyl) -4-
(1 ', 1', 5'-trihydroperfluoropentyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene, and the like.
When used, they can be used alone or as a mixture. 1-pentene-2, which is the essential raw material component,
The content ratio of the 4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester-based monomer is in the range of 2 to 95% by weight based on all the raw material monomers. When the content of the 1-pentene-2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester monomer is less than 2% by weight, the oxygen permeability is extremely reduced, and when it exceeds 95% by weight, the strength as a contact lens is maintained. Since it contains fluorine atoms, it has high water repellency and cannot be used.

In the present invention, the 1-pentene-2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester represented by the general formula (I), which is an essential monomer component, can be prepared by a known method. Specifically, for example, an alkyl or fluoroalkyl acrylate and an alkyl or fluoroalkyl itaconate are dissolved in a solvent such as dioxane,
It can be obtained by a method in which a catalyst such as tertiary phosphine is present and the reaction is carried out at about 90 ° C. for about 7 hours in an inert gas atmosphere.

In the contact lens of the present invention, other copolymers may be used as long as they are copolymers containing the 1-pentene-2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester monomer represented by the general formula (I) as an essential raw material monomer component. Any copolymerizable monomer can be copolymerized, but in view of the thermal stability, mechanical strength, workability, etc. of the resulting contact lens, other copolymerizable monomers such as radical polymerizable vinyl It is preferable to use a monomer selected from the group consisting of a monomer, a silicon-containing vinyl monomer, a fluorine-containing vinyl monomer, a crosslinkable polyfunctional vinyl monomer, and a mixture thereof. Examples of the radical polymerizable vinyl monomer, silicon-containing vinyl monomer, fluorine-containing vinyl monomer or crosslinkable polyfunctional vinyl monomer include methyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate,
Isopropyl (meth) acrylate, tertiary butyl (meth) acrylate, cyclohexyl (meth) acrylate, benzyl (meth) acrylate, styrene, p
-Methylstyrene, p-chlorostyrene, o-chlorostyrene, divinylbenzene, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl pivalate, vinyl (meth) acrylate, allyl (meth) acrylate, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl (meth) Acrylate, ethyl vinyl ether, n-butyl vinyl ether, (meth) acrylamide, 2-hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate, N
-Vinylpyrrolidone, vinylpyridine, allyl (meth)
Acrylate, trimethylsilylmethyl (meth) acrylate, pentamethyldisiloxanylmethyl (meth) acrylate, methylbis (trimethylsiloxy) silylmethyl (meth) acrylate, tris (trimethylsiloxy) silylmethyl (meth) acrylate, tris (pentamethyldisiloxa) Nyloxy) silylmethyl (meth) acrylate, trimethylsilylethyl (meth) acrylate, pentamethyldisiloxanylethyl (meth) acrylate, methylbis (trimethylsiloxy)
Silylethyl (meth) acrylate, tris (trimethylsiloxy) silylethyl (meth) acrylate, tris (pentamethyldisiloxanyloxy) silylethyl (meth) acrylate, trimethylsilylpropyl (meth) acrylate, pentamethyldisiloxanyl (meth) acrylate , Methyl bis (trimethylsiloxy)
Silylpropyl (meth) acrylate, tris (trimethylsiloxy) silylpropyl (meth) acrylate,
Tris (pentamethyldisiloxanyloxy) silylpropyl (meth) acrylate, methylbis (trimethylsiloxy) silylethylglycerol mono (meth) acrylate, tris (trimethylsiloxy) silylethylglycerol mono (meth) acrylate, tris (pentamethyldi (Siloxanyloxy) silylethylglycerol mono (meth) acrylate, methylbis (trimethylsiloxy) silylpropylglycerol mono (meth)
Acrylate, tris (trimethylsiloxy) silylglycerol mono (meth) acrylate, tris (pentamethyldisiloxanyloxy) silylpropylglycerol mono (meth) acrylate, dimethyl (triphenylsiloxy) silylpropyl (meth) acrylate, 2,
2,2-trifluoroethyl (meth) acrylate, 2,2,2
-Trifluoro-1-trifluoromethyl (meth) acrylate, 3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-nonafluorohexyl (meth) acrylate, 2,2,3,3,4, 4,5,5-octafluoropentyl (meth) acrylate, 1,1,2,2-tetrahydroperfluorooctyl (meth) acrylate, ethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, diethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, triethylene glycol di (Meth) acrylate, dipropylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, diallyl phthalate, diallyl isofumarate, diallyl terephthalate, diethylene glycol bisallyl carbonate, triallyl trimellitate, triallyl cyanurate, diisopropyl itaconate, ditertiary butyl itaconate, The
2,2,2-fluoroethyl itaconate, ethyl-tristrimethylsiloxysilylpropyl itaconate, diisopropyl mesaconate, ditertiary butyl mesaconate, di 2,2,2-fluoroethyl mesaconate, isopropyl-1,1,2 , 2-Tetrahydroperfluorodecyl mesaconate, isopropyl-tristrimethylsiloxysilylpropyl mesaconate, ditert-butyl fumarate, di-2,2,2-fluoroethyl fumarate, isopropyl-3,3,4,4,5, 5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,10-heptadecafluorodecyl fumarate, tert-butyl-
Tristrimethylsiloxysilylpropyl fumarate,
Examples thereof include methacrylic acid, acrylic acid, and itaconic acid. When used, they can be used alone or as a mixture. When the radical polymerizable vinyl monomer, silicon-containing vinyl monomer, fluorine-containing vinyl monomer or crosslinkable polyfunctional vinyl monomer is used, the blending ratio as a copolymer component is desirably in the range of 5 to 85% by weight. In this case, if it is less than 5% by weight, thermal stability, mechanical strength, workability and the like by copolymerization cannot be sufficiently obtained, and if it exceeds 85% by weight, the oxygen permeability of the contact lens is remarkably reduced, which is not preferable. .

The contact lens of the present invention preferably has a DK value of 6 to 15 × 10 ^-10 ml · cm / cm ² · sec · mmHg, particularly 8 to 14 × 10 ^-10 ml · cm / g in order to provide excellent oxygen permeability. cm ² · sec · mmHg is desirable. At this time, oxygen permeability is insufficient for long-term continuous use at less than 6 × 10 ^-10 ml · cm / cm ² · sec · mmHg, and 15 × 10 ^-10 ml · cm / cm ² · sec · mmHg If the value exceeds, the physical properties such as the strength as a contact lens are undesirably reduced.

In order to prepare a contact lens in the present invention, a known preparation method can be used. Specifically, for example,
A method of polymerizing a monomer material together with a polymerization initiator in a suitable container such as a test tube to obtain a round bar or a block, and then performing machining such as cutting and polishing, and starting polymerization on one desired mold. After injecting the monomer together with the agent and directly forming a contact lens by template polymerization or producing a polymer in advance by a radical polymerization method or the like, dissolving the polymer in an appropriate solvent and removing the solvent by a casting method. For obtaining contact lenses. In the above-mentioned preparation method, as a polymerization initiator used when polymerizing a monomer, a selected 10-hour half-life temperature is 120 ° C.
It can be selected from one or more of the group consisting of the following organic peroxides and azo compounds. Examples of the organic peroxide or the azo compound include benzoyl peroxide, diisopropyl peroxydicarbonate,
t-butylperoxy-2-ethylhexanoate, t
Preferred examples include -butylperoxypivalate, t-butylperoxydiisobutyrate, lauroyl peroxide, azobisisobutyronitrile, azobis (2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), and t-butylperoxyisopropyl carbonate. The amount of the polymerization initiator used is preferably 10 parts by weight or less, more preferably 5 parts by weight or less, based on 100 parts by weight of the raw material monomer.

In the above-mentioned preparation method, it is preferable that the polymerization system is appropriately polymerized under an inert gas, such as nitrogen, carbon dioxide, helium, or the like, or under degassing conditions. The temperature at the time of copolymerization varies depending on the type of polymerization initiator used, but is preferably in the range of 30 to 120 ° C. Also,
The total time required for the polymerization is desirably about 10 to 72 hours.

It is also possible to add a coloring agent such as a dye or an additive such as an ultraviolet absorber to the raw material monomer to carry out polymerization.

In the present invention, the contact lens obtained by the above-mentioned preparation method can be subjected to an acid or alkali treatment or a low-temperature plasma treatment to perform a surface modification.
The feeling of wearing can also be improved by performing graft polymerization of a hydrophilic monomer by low-temperature plasma treatment or the like.

<Effect of the Invention> The contact lens of the present invention has a specific 1-pentene-
The use of 2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester-based polymer has higher oxygen permeability than conventional contact lenses and can prevent the deposition of proteins, lipids and inorganic substances on the surface. It has excellent performance in which the disadvantages of the contact lens are improved.

<Examples> Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

 The middle part in the examples indicates parts by weight.

Example 1 2,4,5-tri (1 ', 1', 1 ', 3', 3 ', 3'-hexafluoroisopropyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene
35 parts, tristrimethylsiloxysilylpropyl methacrylate 35 parts, methyl methacrylate 20 parts, allyl methacrylate 5 parts and methacrylic acid 5 parts were treated with azobis (2,4
-Dimethylvaleronitrile) was mixed, the mixture was placed in a glass sealed tube, the inside of which was replaced with nitrogen, degassed repeatedly, and sealed under vacuum. Place the sealed tube in a 70 ° C
The mixture was allowed to stand still for another hour, and further heated at 100 ° C. for 2 hours. The obtained polymer was cut, polished and polished to prepare a contact lens. Next, various physical properties of the obtained contact lens were measured by the following methods.

Oxygen permeability coefficient (DK value) Xertex Corporatio
n) Product name [MODEL 2110] (Multirange Analyzer
DK value (ml · cm / cm ² · sec · mmHg) was obtained by measuring a test contact lens having a diameter of 12.7 mm and a thickness of 0.2 mm in 0.9% physiological saline at 35 ° C. using Dissolved Oxygen). .

12.7mm diameter, thickness in 0.2% egg white lysozyme aqueous solution
A 0.2 mm test contact lens was immersed at 37 ° C. for 24 hours, and the change in absorbance at 280 nm was measured to determine the amount of the attached lysozyme aqueous solution.

Vickers hardness (HV) Measured using a Terasawa MM-2 type ultra-micro hardness meter manufactured by Taiyo Tester Co., Ltd.

Mechanical strength A separately polymerized flat plate sample having a thickness of 2 mm, a length of 50 mm, and a width of 10 mm was measured in accordance with the bending test method of JIS K7203 for hard plastics.

Examples 2 to 5 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3 Contact lenses after curing raw material monomers having various compositions shown in Table 1 under the radical polymerization initiator and polymerization conditions shown in Table 1 in the same manner as in Example 1. Was prepared and various physical properties were measured. Table 1 shows the monomer compounding ratio.
Table 2 shows the measurement results.

 Next, the abbreviations of the components shown in Table 1 will be described below.

TF3-A: 2,4,5-tri (2 ', 2', 2'-trifluoroethoxycarbonyl) -1-pentene TF6-A: 2,4,5-tri (1 ', 1', 1 ' , 3 ', 3', 3'-Hexafluoroisopropyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene F8 / DF6-A: 2- (1 ', 1', 5'-trihydroperfluoropentyloxycarbonyl) -4,5 −di (1 ′, 1 ′,
1 ', 3', 3 ', 3'-hexafluoroisopropyloxycarbonyl) -1-pentene F17 / DE-A: 2- (1', 1 ', 2', 2'-tetrahydroperfluorodecyloxycarbonyl) -4,5-di (ethoxycarbonyl) -1-pentene Si-MA: tristrimethylsiloxysilylpropyl methacrylate F17-MA: 1,1,2,2-tetrahydroperfluorodecyl methacrylate F6-MA: 1,1,1 , 3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropyl methacrylate F17-Fu: isopropyl-1,1,2,2-tetrahydroperfluorodecyl fumarate Si-Fu: MMA: methyl methacrylate EMA: ethyl methacrylate A-MA: allyl methacrylate V -MA: vinyl methacrylate MA: methacrylic acid AA: acrylic acid ABVN: azobis (2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile) IPP: diisopropylperoxydicarbonate BPO: benzoylper Kisaido From the results in Table 2, it can be seen that the contact lens of the present invention has a higher DK value, better oxygen permeability and stain resistance, and retains appropriate physical strength, as compared with Comparative Examples. Was.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. The compound of the general formula (I) (Wherein R ₁ , R ₂ and R ₃ are the same or different groups,
Further, at least one group is a group containing a fluorine atom, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms,
It represents 12 alkenyl groups, cyclic alkyl groups having 3 to 12 carbon atoms or aryl groups, and n, m and l each represent an integer of 0 to 4. And 1 to 2 or more 1-pentene-2,4,5-tricarboxylic acid triester-based monomers represented by the following formula: contact lens.