US Patent Issued to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care on May 13 for "Silicone hydrogel contact lenses having non-uniform morphology" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,330, issued on May 13, was assigned to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Silicone hydrogel contact lenses having non-uniform morphology" was invented by Azaam Alli (Jacksonville, Fla.), Donald E. Riederer (Jacksonville, Fla.), Alexander Guzman (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Bernardo Santa Maria (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a silicone hydrogel contact lens having non-uniform morphology. The contact lens may be made from a reactive mixture comprising: a silicone-containing component; a hydrophilic component; a non-reactive polymeric internal wetting agent; and a polymerization initia...