Silicone hydrogels comprising N-vinyl amides and hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates or (meth)acrylamides

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9964666-B2
Application number	US-201615278691-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2016
Priority date	Dec 23, 2011
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting a reactive mixture comprising at least one silicone-containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, and at least one diluent to form an ophthalmic device having an advancing contact angle of less than about 80°; and contacting the ophthalmic device with an aqueous extraction solution at an elevated extraction temperature, wherein said at least one diluent has a boiling point at least about 10° higher than said extraction temperature.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A silicone hydrogel formed from a reaction mixture comprising,
(a) from about 37 to about 70 wt % of at least one slow reacting monomer selected from the group consisting of N-vinylamide monomer of Formula I, vinyl pyrrolidone of Formula II, and vinyl pyrrolidone of Formula IV:

wherein in formulae I, II, and IV, R is H or methyl;

R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 10 , and R 11 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, CH 3 , CH 2 CH 3 , CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , C(CH 3 ) 2 ;
R 4 is selected from the group consisting of CH 2 , CHCH 3 and C(CH 3 );
R 5 is selected from H, methyl, ethyl; and
R 9 is selected from CH═CH 2 , CCH 3 ═CH 2 , and CH═CHCH 3 ;
(b) at least one mono (meth)acryloxyalkyl polydialkylsiloxane monomer of Formula VII:

wherein R 12 is H or methyl;

X is O or NR 16 ;
Each R 14 is independently a C 1 to C 4 alkyl which may be fluorine substituted, or phenyl;
R 15 is a C 1 to C 4 alkyl;
R 13 is a divalent alkyl group, which may further be functionalized with a group selected from the group consisting of ether groups, hydroxyl groups, carbamate groups and combinations thereof;
a is 3 to 50;
R 16 is selected from H, C 1-4 , which may be further substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups;
(c) at least one hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide monomer of Formula IX

wherein in Formula IX, R 1 is H or methyl,
X is O or NR 16 , R 16 is a H, or C 1 to C 4 alkyl, which may be further substituted with at least one OH;
R 17 is selected from C 2 -C 4 mono or dihydroxy substituted alkyl, and poly(ethylene glycol) having 1-10 repeating units; wherein said at least one hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate or (meth)acrylamide monomer and said slow reacting monomer are present in mole percents which form a molar ratio between about 0.15 and 0.4; and
(d) at least one crosslinking monomer.

2. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein each R 3 is independently selected from ethyl and methyl groups.

3. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein all R 3 are methyl.

4. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 13 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 6 alkylene group which may be substituted with ether, hydroxyl and combinations thereof.

5. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 13 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 or C 3 -C 6 alkylene groups which may be substituted with ether, hydroxyl and combinations thereof.

6. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 16 in Formula VII is H or methyl.

7. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 12 and each R 14 are methyl.

8. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein at least one R 14 is 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl.

9. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 4 is CH 2 .

10. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein the slow-reacting hydrophilic monomer is selected from the vinyl pyrrolidone of Formula II or IV or the N-vinyl amide monomer of Formula I, having a total number of carbon atoms in R 1 and R 2 of 4 or less.

11. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein the slow-reacting hydrophilic monomer is selected from the group consisting of N-vinylpyrrolidone, N-vinylacetamide, 1-methyl-3-methylene-2-pyrrolidone, 1-methyl-5-methylene-2-pyrrolidone, 5-methyl-3-methylene-2-pyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof.

12. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein the slow-reacting hydrophilic monomer is selected from the group consisting of NVP, VMA and 1-methyl-5-methylene-2-pyrrolidone.

13. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein the slow-reacting hydrophilic monomer comprises NVP.

14. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein at least one R 14 is 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl.

15. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 13 is selected from C 1 -C 6 alkylene groups which may be substituted with ether, hydroxyl and combinations thereof.

16. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 13 is selected from C 1 or C 3-6 alkylene groups which may be substituted with ether, hydroxyl and combinations thereof.

17. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein a is 7 to 30.

18. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 16 in Formula IX is H or methyl.

19. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein said mono (meth)acryloxyalkyl polydialkylsiloxane monomer is selected from the group consisting of monomethacryloxypropyl terminated mono-n-butyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, monomethacryloxypropyl terminated mono-n-methyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, monomethacryloxypropyl terminated mono-n-butyl terminated polydiethylsiloxane, monomethacryloxypropyl terminated mono-n-methyl terminated polydiethylsiloxane, N-(2,3-dihydroxypropane)-N′-(propyl tetra(dimethylsiloxy) dimethylbutylsilane)acrylamide; α-(2-hydroxy-1-methacryloxypropyloxypropyl)-ω-butyl-octamethylpentasiloxane and mixtures thereof.

20. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein said mono (meth)acryloxyalkyl polydialkylsiloxane monomer is selected from the group consisting of monomethacryloxypropyl terminated mono-n-butyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, monomethacryloxypropyl terminated mono-n-methyl terminated polydimethylsiloxane, N-(2,3-dihydroxypropane)-N′-(propyl tetra(dimethylsiloxy) dimethylbutylsilane)acrylamide.

21. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein in Formula IX R 1 is H or methyl, X is oxygen and R 17 is selected from C 2 -C 4 mono or dihydroxy substituted alkyl, and poly(ethylene glycol) having 1-10 repeating units.

22. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein in Formula IX R 1 is methyl, X is oxygen and R 17 is selected from C 2 -C 4 mono or dihydroxy substituted alkyl, and poly(ethylene glycol) having 2-20 repeating units.

23. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein R 17 is 2-hydroxyethyl, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl, or 2-hydroxypropyl.

24. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein Formula IX is selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate, 3-hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate, 1-hydroxypropyl-2-(meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propyl (meth)acrylate, 3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-propyl (meth)acrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl (meth)acrylate, glycerol (meth)acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylamide, polyethyleneglycol monomethacrylate, bis-(2-hydroxyethyl) (meth)acrylamide, 2,3-dihydroxypropyl (meth)acrylamide, and mixtures thereof.

25. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein Formula IX is selected from the group consisting of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, glycerol methacrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, hydroxybutyl methacrylate, 3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-propyl methacrylate, and mixtures thereof.

26. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 wherein Formula IX comprises 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-propyl methacrylate, glycerol methacrylate and mixtures comprising them.

27. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 further comprising a Dk of at least about 60.

28. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 further comprising a Dk of at least about 80.

29. The silicone hydrogel of claim 1 further comprising a water content of at least about 55

Assignees

• Johnson & Johnson Vision Care

Inventors

• Alli Azaam
• Vanderlaan Douglas G
• Ford James D
• Joslin Scott L

Classifications

• C08G77/442

  containing vinyl polymer sequences · CPC title

• C08L2203/02

  for biomedical use · CPC title

• C08F290/068

  Polysiloxanes · CPC title

• C08L51/085

  on to polysiloxanes · CPC title

• G02B1/043 Primary

  Contact lenses · CPC title