IP Library Granted Patent US 11,530,351
Granted Patent B2
US 11,530,351 · App. 16/794,328 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Contact lens and contact lens product

Inventors: Wei-Yuan Chen (Taichung, TW); Po-Tsun Chen (Taichung, TW); Wei-Chun Chen (Taichung, TW); Chun-Hung Teng (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: LARGAN MEDICAL CO., LTD.
C09K11/06C09B23/105G02C7/04C09K2211/1007G02C2202/16
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Patent No.
US 11,530,351
App. No.
16/794,328
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A contact lens includes at least one color changeable region, wherein the color changeable region includes at least one photoluminescence material. When a wavelength of the photoluminescence material having a maximum radiation intensity is WEmMx, an average transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 nm-700 nm of the color changeable region is T4070, a size of a total area of the color changeable region is AC, and a size of a total area of the contact lens is AL, certain conditions relating to WEmMx, T4070 and AC/AL are satisfied.

Claims (44)

1. A contact lens, comprising:

at least one color changeable region, wherein the color changeable region comprises at least one photoluminescence material;

wherein a wavelength of the photoluminescence material having a maximum radiation intensity is WEmMx, an average transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 nm-700 nm of the color changeable region is T4070, a size of a total area of the color changeable region is AC, a size of a total area of the contact lens is AL, and the following conditions are satisfied:

400 nm≤ WEmMx ≤600 nm;

85%≤ T 4070; and

0.001≤ AC/AL≤ 1.0.

2. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein the photoluminescence material is a curcumin or a curcuminoid.

3. The contact lens of claim 2 , wherein the photoluminescence material is represented by Formula (I) or Formula (II):

wherein each of —X—R 1 , —X—R 2 and —X—R 3 is a side chain of the photoluminescence material, at least one of the R 1 , R 2 and R 3 is a saturated carbon chain or an unsaturated carbon chain, X is an oxygen or a nitrogen, a carbon number of the side chain of the photoluminescence material is NC, and the following condition is satisfied:

1≤ NC≤ 18

4. The contact lens of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the R 1 , R 2 and R 3 of the side chains of —X—R 1 , —X—R 2 and —X—R 3 is an unsaturated carbon chain.

5. The contact lens of claim 3 , wherein the carbon number of the side chain of the photoluminescence material is NC, and the following condition is satisfied:

1≤ NC≤ 10

6. The contact lens of claim 3 , wherein the carbon number of the side chain of the photoluminescence material is NC, and the following condition is satisfied:

11≤ NC≤ 18.

7. The contact lens of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the —X—R 1 , —X—R 2 and —X—R 3 comprises an ether group (—O—).

8. The contact lens of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the —X—R 1 , —X—R 2 and —X—R 3 comprises a siloxanyl group (—SiO—).

9. The contact lens of claim 2 , further comprising:

a metal ion, wherein the photoluminescence material is bonded to the metal ion so as to form a metal ion complex.

10. The contact lens of claim 1 , further comprising:

an antioxidant.

11. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein a weight percentage of the photoluminescence material in the contact lens is WP, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.01%≤ WP≤ 1.0%.

12. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein the contact lens is made of a hydrogel, and the contact lens is photocured.

13. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein the contact lens comprises at least three lens layers, and the color changeable region is disposed on a middle lens layer of the at least three lens layers.

14. The contact lens of claim 13 , wherein the color changeable region further comprises at least one pigment.

15. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein the color changeable region further comprises at least two kinds of photoluminescence material.

16. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein the size of the total area of the color changeable region is AC, the size of the total area of the contact lens is AL, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.05≤ AC/AL≤ 0.5.

17. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein the size of the total area of the color changeable region is AC, the size of the total area of the contact lens is AL, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.5≤ AC/AL≤ 1.0.

18. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein a maximum diameter of the color changeable region is DPmax, a diameter of the contact lens is D, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.05≤ DP max/ D≤ 1.00.

19. The contact lens of claim 17 , wherein a minimum diameter of the color changeable region is DPmin, a diameter of the contact lens is D, and the following condition is satisfied:

0≤ DP min/ D≤ 0.90.

20. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein an average transmittance of the color changeable region in a wavelength range of 380 nm-480 nm is T3848, and the following condition is satisfied:

30%≤ T 3848≤90%.

21. The contact lens of claim 20 , wherein an average absorbance in a wavelength range of 380 nm-500 nm of the color changeable region is A3850, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.05≤ A 3850.

22. The contact lens of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of color changeable region is a pattern.

23. A contact lens product, comprising:

the contact lens of claim 1 ; and

a light-proof package;

wherein the contact lens product is a daily disposable product.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: CHEN, WEI-YUAN; CHEN, PO-TSUN; CHEN, WEI-CHUN; TENG, CHUN-HUNG
To: LARGAN MEDICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051854/0126 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 108111054 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200308481A1 · Oct 1, 2020
Cited By (1)
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