WO1994027178A1 - Method for making colored contact lenses and color coating composition - Google Patents
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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- C08G—MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
- C08G18/00—Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates
- C08G18/06—Polymeric products of isocyanates or isothiocyanates with compounds having active hydrogen
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- C08G18/72—Polyisocyanates or polyisothiocyanates
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- the present invention concerns a procedure for staining contact lenses and a colour coating formulati ⁇ on for use in the procedure.
- the purpose of stained contact lenses is to change the apparent colour of the wearer's iris.
- a colour coating configuration is produced on the surface of contact lenses with a view to achieving an impression which is as natural as possible.
- the coating may be accomplished by imprinting a colour mix containing bonding agent polymer, colour substance and possibly solvent and other substances modifying the polymer, and of which the viscosity has been adapted to be appropriate for the printing pro ⁇ cess.
- the colour coating formed by printing is then affixed to the lens surface. This adhering takes place by chemically curing the bonding agent polymer.
- the contact lens staining technique has its deficiencies when one considers the printing technique, permanence and wear resistance of the stain, wearing comfort and interaction between printing and lens.
- difunc ⁇ tional agents have been used which cause cross-linking between the bonding agent polymer contained in the colour coating and the polymer of the lens.
- a com ⁇ pound containing, among others, two isocyanate groups for affixing the colour coating.
- the bonding agent polymer and the lens polymer are bonded together by means of a reaction between said isocyanate groups and hydroxyl, carboxyl and/or amino groups.
- the object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks mentioned.
- the object of the invention is specifically, to disclose a procedure enabling convenient coating of contact lenses with a colour coating containing cross- linking agent, and by which firm fixing of the colour coating on the lens surface is attained.
- the object of the invention is, further, to disclose a colour coating formulation for contact lens coating.
- a lens consisting of polymer containing hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups is coated with a colour coating containing colour matter, bonding agent polymer containing hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups and as polymer-cross-linking agent a compound containing at least two urethane groups, or a mixture of such compounds.
- the colour coating is affixed on the lens surface by curing the bonding agent and by effec ⁇ ting a controlled urethane exchange reaction.
- urethane compounds containing at least two urethane groups can be used to cross-link bonding agent polymers and lens polymers. It was found in the studies that it is possible in a lens arrangement coated as. above described, to effect a controlled urethane exchange reaction by reacting the urethane groups in appropriate conditions with the hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups of the bonding agent polymer and the lens polymer. Thanks to the new uretha ⁇ ne bonds thus formed, the polymers can be coupled with each other, that is, cross-linking is accomplished.
- lens coating advantageously, a colour coating formulation containing colour substance, bonding agent polymer in appropriate quantity so that its viscosity and degree of polymerization are adapted in view of the coating method employed and of the desired degree of curing, and a cross-linking urethane compound, or mix ⁇ ture of urethane compounds, in a quantity which will produce the desired cross-linking.
- the proportions of bonding agent polymer and urethane compound are se ⁇ lected to be such that the cured colour coating will comply with the desired hardness, wear-resistance and adhesion properties.
- the proportion of the urethane compound may be e.g. about 2-20% by weight of the bonding agent polymer weight.
- the colour coating formulation may also con- tain solvent, by means of which one can, when neces ⁇ sary, adjust e.g. the viscosity, catalyst for the ure ⁇ thane exchange reaction, initiator for curing the bonding agent, and additives commonly used in colour coats.
- the urethane compounds used in the pro ⁇ cedure of the invention are less reactive with the bonding agent polymer and with the lens polymer than, e.g., the isocyanate compounds known through the state of art, the procedure successfully avoids the gelifying problems referred to in the foregoing.
- the cross-link ⁇ ing substance and the bonding agent polymer can thus be mixed together prior to the coating step.
- the colour coating formulation is provided in the form of a mix, and it can be applied with ease, in one step, on the lens surface using any coating method whatsoever known in the art.
- the viscosity of said mix is advantageously adjusted with the aid of solvent to be appropriate for the coating method em ⁇ ployed.
- the coating is advantageously produced by printing, such as tampon printing.
- Colour coating formulation is advantageously imprinted in the way known in the branch on the lens surface to give a con ⁇ figuration simulating the structure of the iris.
- the colour coating process may equally be made to consist of several steps, in that at least part of the compo ⁇ nents of the colour coating formulation are separately deposited on the lens surface.
- the coating sequence may vary in such instances.
- the bonding agent is cured in previously known manner applying heat. When being cured, the bonding agent polymer forms a hard, wear-resistant polymer network which adheres to the lens which is being coated and bonds the colour substance thereto.
- the urethane exchange reaction is performed in controlled manner by heating the coated lens. Heating is advantageously effected at about 80-200°C, suitably about 100-140°C.
- the cross-linking taking place in the urethane exchange reaction enhances the adhesion of the colour coating and increases its wear resistance and hardness.
- the urethane exchange reaction and curing of the bonding agent can be implemented in an uninter- rupted heating step. If required, the temperature may be raised by steps, in order to achieve desired ef ⁇ fects. Furthermore, in connection with the heating step residual substances may be evaporated or decomposed, such as the initiator and the solvent.
- the coated contact lenses may finally be hy- drated.
- a hard and wear-resistant coating presenting good permanence of colour is achieved.
- the cross-linking agent employed as taught by the invention is advantageously a diurethane compound.
- diurethane compound any diurethane compound can be used which produces a urethane exchange reaction ac ⁇ cording to the procedure at a temperature of about 80-200°C.
- diurethane compound for diurethane compound are used compounds based on toluene diurethanes and/or hexamethylene diurethanes.
- Particu ⁇ larly advantageous among such compounds are compounds in which the exchangeable ester group of the urethane unit has been formed using oximes or aliphatic or aro- matic alcohols.
- toluene and hexamethylene diurethanes in which the exchangeable ester group of the urethane unit has been formed using methylethylketoxime (MEKO) .
- MEKO methylethylketoxime
- the urethane compounds and their initial substances are known in themselves in the art and can be prepared by methods known from the rele ⁇ vant literature, starting e.g.
- the bonding agent polymer contained in the colour coating formulation is understood to be material that has been formed by polymerizing monomers by the aid of free radical initiators.
- the bonding agent poly ⁇ mer comes in the form of a so-called prepolymer, con ⁇ taining some non-reacted monomer and residual free radical initiator, and possibly solvent.
- the bonding agent polymer can be formed from any monomer, or mix ⁇ ture of different monomers, known in the art so that the polymer which is formed contains side groups having a hydroxyl or carboxyl group as its functional group.
- hydroxyalkylmeth- acrylates or derivatives thereof and in particular hydroxyethylmethacrylate (HEMA) which on polymerization forms a polymer of the following kind:
- free radical initiators in the prepoly- merizing of the bonding agent polymers, and possibly in the colour coating to be cured one may use any initi ⁇ ator known in the art.
- any initi ⁇ ator known in the art.
- AIBN azo-bis-isobuty- ronitrile
- solvent one may use e.g. tetrahydrofuran, alcohol, ketone, or another polar solvent, advantage ⁇ ously cyclohexanone or cyclopentanone.
- colour substance one may use any colour substance, generally approved in connection with con- tact lenses, producing changes of colour.
- substances causing opacity such as titanium di ⁇ oxide.
- the quantities of colour substance to be used vary in accordance with the colour substance(s) used and the effect desired.
- the procedure of the invention is particularly well applicable in staining soft contact lenses.
- contact lens advantageously a lens is selected in which the polymer has been formed of any known monomer or mixture of monomers so that the polymer contains hydro ⁇ xyl and/or carboxyl groups as functional groups.
- An advantageous lens polymer is formed of hydroxyalkyl- methacrylate, such as hydroxyethylmethacrylate.
- the bonding agent polymer and the lens polymer are advantageously selected so that their chemical and physical properties are as close to each other as pos ⁇ sible.
- the procedure of the invention is easy to implement as regards printing technology even though the colour coating formulation that is used contains cross-linking substance.
- cross-linking agent used in the invention enables improved fixing of the colour coating. oreover, working with the cross-linking agent used in the invention implies considerably higher safe ⁇ ty compared with earlier cross-linking agents such as isocyanate compounds.
- Figs 1 and 2 present the infra-red spectra of the cross-linking agent employed in a test, revealing the peaks typical of the isocyanate group and the urethane group, and Fig. 3 illustrates the changes taking place in the colour coating/lens system during the heating step.
- Methacrylic acid 1.5 g 0.5% by weight
- Mercaptoethanol 1.5 g 0.5% by weight
- the temperature of the bath is controlled to be 70°C, and mixing is started. Polymerization time with the quantities used is about 16 hrs. The polymer ⁇ izing time is chosen so that suitable viscosity of the ultimate mixture is obtained.
- the product thus obtained has syrupy viscosity (order of magnitude about 100 Pa* s ⁇ 50%).
- the prepoly- mer mix obtained on polymerization contains nearly all the solvent added (some of it evaporates during polyme ⁇ rizing), some non-reacted HEMA, and residual free radi ⁇ cal initiator, AIBN, about 15% of the original quanti ⁇ ty.
- the ultimate viscosity of the bonding agent polymer can be adjusted by evaporating or adding solv ⁇ ent.
- the product is kept in a closed container, in the dark and preferably in a refrigerator.
- TDI toluene diisocyanate
- HDI hexamethylene diisocyanate
- methylethyl- ketoxime (MEKO) is used, which is a commonly known compound, in stoichiometric proportion, that is 2 times the mol quantity per mol quantity of diisocyanate used, and to the stoichiometric quantity is added an excess of about 20-30%.
- MEKO methylethyl- ketoxime
- 9.6 g of TDI, 2.4 g of HDI and 13 g of MEKO are reacted in 25 g of THF solution. The reaction is exothermal. On termination of heat generation the mix ⁇ ture is kept for some further time at 80°C until the reaction has run to the end. Completion of reaction can be observed e.g. by IR spectrometry.
- the peak typical of the isocyanate group occurs at 2273 cm "1 (Fig. 1) .
- the typical peaks of the urethane group appear at about 1754 and 3339 cm "1 (Fig. 2).
- the toluene diurethane proportion of the mix- ture thus obtained is found to be 80% and the hexa ⁇ methylene diurethane proportion, 20%.
- the mixture is used as it is.
- a colour coating mix is prepared with the following formulation:
- Bonding agent polymer produced as in (1) 100.0 g AIBN in cyclopentanone alternative Amine catalyst 0.2 g
- the components are scrupulously mixed.
- the viscosity can be adjusted with solvent if needed.
- the lenses are coated by imprinting on the lens surface, by the tampon method, colour coating mix as obtained in (3). (5) Fixing the colour coating on the lens surfaces:
- Fig. 3 schematically depicts the changes taking place in the coated lens arrangement during heating.
- 1 is the bonding agent poly ⁇ mer
- 2 the cross-linking substance
- 3 the lens surface
- 4 the colour substance
- 5 is the solvent
- ⁇ refers to heating.
- Temperature raising is performed e.g. in two steps, so that a temperature of about 75-90°C is main ⁇ tained for about 15 min. and the temperature is then elevated to about 130-135°C for a duration of about 20- 30 min.
- the heat treatment is advantageously imple- mented in partial vacuum, such as in a vacuum oven. If the heat treatment takes place under atmospheric pres ⁇ sure, a protective gas is used, e.g. nitrogen.
- the following initiators can be used instead of AIBN initiator: VP 1230 1,1,4,4,7,7, hexamethyl-cyclo-4,7-diperoxy- nonane,
- P 1600 isononanoylperoxide, P1330 +DCP dichlorobenzoylperoxide, IPP isopropylperoxide carbonal, P 1654 ⁇ -ethylhexylperoxide carbonate, P 1652 cyclohexylperoxide carbonate, P1555 acetylcyclohexane sulphonylperoxide, or mixtures of these.
- the bonding agent polymer is prepared using the starting substances mentioned on p. 8, but the quantities are selected so as to make the viscosity of the bonding agent polymer product used in preparing the colour coating mix be within the range from 10 to 1000 Pa-s.
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AU66507/94A AU6650794A (en) | 1993-05-06 | 1994-05-06 | Method for making colored contact lenses and color coating composition |
EP94915154A EP0699312B1 (en) | 1993-05-06 | 1994-05-06 | Method for making colored contact lenses and color coating composition |
DE69423350T DE69423350T2 (en) | 1993-05-06 | 1994-05-06 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLORED CONTACT LENSES AND COLOR LACQUER COMPOSITION |
JP52501194A JP3268647B2 (en) | 1993-05-06 | 1994-05-06 | Method for producing colored contact lens and colored coating composition |
CA002162156A CA2162156C (en) | 1993-05-06 | 1994-05-06 | Method for making colored contact lenses and color coating composition |
US08/535,109 US5713963A (en) | 1993-05-06 | 1995-06-05 | Method for making colored contact lenses and color coating composition |
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FI932062A FI95720C (en) | 1993-05-06 | 1993-05-06 | Method for dyeing contact lenses and dye coating composition |
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