JPS63163321A - Contact lens - Google Patents

Contact lens

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JPS63163321A
JPS63163321A JP31255686A JP31255686A JPS63163321A JP S63163321 A JPS63163321 A JP S63163321A JP 31255686 A JP31255686 A JP 31255686A JP 31255686 A JP31255686 A JP 31255686A JP S63163321 A JPS63163321 A JP S63163321A
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contact lens
liquid crystal
temperature
temperatures
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Megumi Shinada
恵 品田
Yasushi Kondo
泰志 近藤
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Shimadzu Corp
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily find a contact lens when it is fallen by providing the contact lens with liquid crystal which is colorless and transparent at temperatures close to the bodily temperature, but colors at other temperatures. CONSTITUTION:This contact lens consists of a contact lens main body 2 and a film 3 of liquid crystal formed on the surface of this contact lens main body 2. This contact lens main body 2 is a usual contact lens and the film 3 of liquid crystal contains microcapsuled liquid crystal 4, which is cholesteric liquid crystal. The liquid crystal 4 is in a colorless, transparent state at temperatures (about 35-40 deg.C) close to the bodily temperature, but colors in purple or red at lower temperatures. Consequently, if the contact lens 1 is fallen, the temperature of the contact lens falls nearly to the room temperature and the film colors, so that the contact lens 1 is easily found.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 (イ)産業上の利用分野 本発明は、コンタクトレンズに関する。[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to contact lenses.

(ロ)従来技術とその問題点 一般に、コンタクトレンズは、眼鏡に比べて視野が広く
なり、最近は、ソフトコンタクトレンズなども開発され
、着脱の不便さも解消されつつあるため、近年、非常に
普及しつつある。しかしながら、小さいものであるため
に、落としやすく、落とした場合には、透明であるため
に、探すのが困難であるという難点がある。
(b) Conventional technology and its problems In general, contact lenses have a wider field of vision than glasses, and soft contact lenses have recently been developed, eliminating the inconvenience of putting them on and taking them off, so they have become very popular in recent years. It is being done. However, because it is small, it is easy to drop, and if it is dropped, it is difficult to find it because it is transparent.

本発明は、上述の点に鑑みて為されたものであって、落
としたような場合に探すのが容易なコンタクトレンズを
提供することを目的とする。
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a contact lens that is easy to find if dropped.

(ハ)問題点を解決するための手段 本発明では、温度によって散乱光の波長が変化するとい
う液晶の性質に着目し、体温付近の温度では、無色透明
で、かつ、それ以外の温度では、着色する液晶をコンタ
クトレンズに設けている。
(c) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention focuses on the property of liquid crystals that the wavelength of scattered light changes depending on temperature. Contact lenses are equipped with colored liquid crystals.

(ニ)作用 上記構成によれば、コンタクトレンズを落としてその温
度が体温付近の温度から変化した場合には、コンタクト
レンズが着色することになる。
(D) Effect According to the above configuration, when the contact lens is dropped and its temperature changes from around body temperature, the contact lens becomes colored.

(ホ)実施例 以下、図面によって本発明の実施例について詳細に説明
する。第1図は、本発明の一実施例のコンタクトレンズ
の断面図であり、第2図はその一部の拡大図である。こ
の実施例のコンタクトレンズlは、コンタクトレンズ本
体2と、このコンタクトレンズ本体2の表面に形成され
た液晶の膜3から成る。コンタクトレンズ本体2は、従
来と同様のコンタクトレンズである。液晶の@3は、後
述するマイクロカプセル化技術により第2図に示される
ようにマイクロカプセル化された液晶4を含む膜である
。この液晶4は、コレステリック液晶である。なお、5
はバインダーである。
(e) Examples Examples of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a contact lens according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion thereof. The contact lens 1 of this embodiment consists of a contact lens body 2 and a liquid crystal film 3 formed on the surface of the contact lens body 2. The contact lens body 2 is a conventional contact lens. The liquid crystal @3 is a film containing a liquid crystal 4 that has been microencapsulated as shown in FIG. 2 by the microencapsulation technique described later. This liquid crystal 4 is a cholesteric liquid crystal. In addition, 5
is a binder.

一般に、コレステリック液晶は、温度によって液晶から
の散乱光の波長が変化する特性を有している。この実施
例では、液晶物質、溶媒およびその混合比を選択するこ
とによって第3図に示される特性の液晶を調製している
。すなわち、この実施例の液晶4は、体温付近の温度(
35〜40度程度)では、無色透明の液体状態を呈し、
それよりも低い温度では、散乱光が紫ないし赤に着色す
るという特性を有している。なお、第3図において、横
軸は温度、縦軸は散乱光の波長および色をそれぞれ示し
ている。
In general, cholesteric liquid crystals have a property that the wavelength of scattered light from the liquid crystal changes depending on the temperature. In this example, a liquid crystal having the characteristics shown in FIG. 3 is prepared by selecting the liquid crystal substance, the solvent, and the mixing ratio thereof. That is, the liquid crystal 4 of this embodiment has a temperature near body temperature (
(about 35 to 40 degrees), it exhibits a colorless and transparent liquid state,
At lower temperatures, the scattered light is colored purple or red. In FIG. 3, the horizontal axis represents temperature, and the vertical axis represents the wavelength and color of scattered light.

この液晶の膜3は、従来から行なわれているマイクロカ
プセル化技術により生成されるのであるが、この実施例
では、高分子希薄溶液中での相分離法によって次のよう
にして生成される。
This liquid crystal film 3 is produced by a conventional microencapsulation technique, but in this embodiment, it is produced by a phase separation method in a dilute polymer solution as follows.

例えば、ゼラチンとアラビアゴムを混合した高分子の希
薄溶液中に、マイクロカプセル化するコレステリック液
晶をクロロロホルム等のa機溶媒に溶解させて分散さ仕
ておく。次に、水溶液のpIIを下げて相分離を生じさ
せ、液晶物質の周囲に親水性ポリマーを付着させてコア
セルベートを形成してマイクロカプセル化する。これを
ポリビニルアルコールや澱粉糊などの適当なバインダー
5で膜とし、このマイクロカプセル化された液晶4を含
む膜3を、コンタクトレンズ本体2に印刷して第1図の
コンタクトレンズlを得るものである。
For example, cholesteric liquid crystal to be microencapsulated is dissolved and dispersed in a solvent such as chloroform in a dilute solution of a polymer containing gelatin and gum arabic. Next, the pII of the aqueous solution is lowered to cause phase separation, and a hydrophilic polymer is attached around the liquid crystal material to form a coacervate for microencapsulation. This is made into a film with a suitable binder 5 such as polyvinyl alcohol or starch glue, and the film 3 containing the microencapsulated liquid crystal 4 is printed on the contact lens body 2 to obtain the contact lens l shown in FIG. be.

このようにコンタクトレンズ本体29表面に、マイクロ
カプセル化されたコレステリック液晶の膜3を形成し、
しかも、このコレステリック液晶は、体温付近の温度で
は、無色透明の液体状態で、それより低い温度では、着
色する性質を有しているので、コンタクトレンズ1を装
着している状態においては、体温付近の温度であるので
通常のコンタクトレンズと同様に無色透明であるが、コ
ンタクトレンズを落としたような場合には、コンタクト
レンズの温度が室温付近まで低下して着色することにな
り、従来例に比べて容易にコンタクトレンズ!を発見す
ることができる。なお、屈折率等の特性も液晶物質や溶
媒の種類あるいは混合比によって調整することが可能で
ある。
In this way, a microencapsulated cholesteric liquid crystal film 3 is formed on the surface of the contact lens body 29,
Moreover, this cholesteric liquid crystal is in a colorless and transparent liquid state at a temperature near body temperature, and has the property of becoming colored at lower temperatures. , so they are colorless and transparent like regular contact lenses. However, if a contact lens is dropped, the temperature of the contact lens will drop to around room temperature and become colored, making it more transparent than conventional lenses. Contact lenses made easy! can be discovered. Note that characteristics such as refractive index can also be adjusted by adjusting the type or mixing ratio of the liquid crystal substance and solvent.

第4図は本発明の他の実施例の断面図である。FIG. 4 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the invention.

この実施例のコンタクトレンズl。は、表面ではなく、
コンタクトレンズ本体2゜の内部に上述の実施例と同様
にマイクロカプセル化された液晶の層3oを形成してい
る。
Contact lens l of this example. is not the surface,
A microencapsulated liquid crystal layer 3o is formed inside the contact lens body 2° in the same manner as in the above embodiment.

上述の実施例では、液晶のマイクロカプセル化技術とし
て高分子希薄溶液中での相分離法について説明したけれ
ども、それ以外の方法、例えば、界面重合法、界面沈澱
法などによって液晶のマイクロカプセル化を行なっても
よいのは勿論である。
In the above example, the phase separation method in a dilute polymer solution was explained as a liquid crystal microencapsulation technique. Of course, you can do it.

また、上述の実施例では、コレステリック液晶を用いた
けれども、本発明は、これに限るものではなく、ネマテ
ィック液晶、スメクテイック液晶などの他の液晶を用い
てもよい。
Further, although cholesteric liquid crystal was used in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and other liquid crystals such as nematic liquid crystal and smectic liquid crystal may be used.

(へ)効果 以上のように本発明によれば、コンタクトレンズに、体
温付近の温度では、無色透明で、かつ、それ以外の温度
では、着色する液晶を設けているので、コンタクトレン
ズを落としたような場合には、コンタクトレンズの温度
が変化して着色することになり、コンタクトレンズを容
易に発見することができる。
(F) Effect As described above, according to the present invention, the contact lens is provided with a liquid crystal that is colorless and transparent at temperatures around body temperature, and colored at other temperatures, so that it is easy to drop the contact lens. In such cases, the temperature of the contact lens changes and becomes colored, making it easier to find the contact lens.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図は本発明の一実施例のコンタクトレンズの断面図
、第2図はその一部の拡大断面図、第3図は本発明の液
晶の特性図、第4図は他の実施例の断面図である。  
 ・ 1.1.・・・コンタクトレンズ、2,2o・・・コン
タクトレンズ本体、3・・・液晶の膜、4・・・液晶。
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a contact lens according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a part thereof, FIG. 3 is a characteristic diagram of a liquid crystal of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram of another embodiment of the contact lens. FIG.
・1.1. ...Contact lens, 2,2o...Contact lens body, 3...Liquid crystal film, 4...Liquid crystal.

Claims (2)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)体温付近の温度では、無色透明で、かつ、それ以
外の温度では、着色する液晶を有することを特徴とする
コンタクトレンズ。
(1) A contact lens characterized by having a liquid crystal that is colorless and transparent at temperatures around body temperature and colored at other temperatures.
(2)前記液晶は、コレステリック液晶である特許請求
の範囲第1項に記載のコンタクトレンズ。
(2) The contact lens according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal is a cholesteric liquid crystal.
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