POLYMER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING GRAFTED POLYMERIC NETWORKS AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND USE
申请人:Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
公开号:US20180037690A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-08
Provided are polymer compositions made by a process comprising: (a) providing a first reactive composition containing: (i) a polymerization initiator that is capable, upon a first activation, of forming two or more free radical groups, at least one of which is further activatable by subsequent activation; (ii) one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds; and (iii) a crosslinker; (b) subjecting the first reactive composition to a first activation step such that the first reactive composition polymerizes therein to form a crosslinked substrate network containing a covalently bound activatable free radical initiator, (c) combining the crosslinked substrate network with a second reactive composition containing one or more ethylenically unsaturated compounds; and (d) activating the covalently bound activatable free radical initiator of the crosslinked substrate network such that the second reactive composition polymerizes therein with the crosslinked substrate network to form a grafted polymeric network and a byproduct polymer. Also provided are precursors to the polymer compositions, processes for preparation of the polymer compositions, and methods of using the polymer compositions, for instance in medical devices.
提供的是由包括以下步骤的过程制备的聚合物组合物:(a)提供含有:(i)能够在第一激活时形成两个或更多自由基团的聚合引发剂,其中至少一个可以通过后续激活进一步激活;(ii)一个或多个乙烯基不饱和化合物;和(iii)交联剂的第一反应组合物;(b)将第一反应组合物暴露于第一激活步骤,使第一反应组合物在其中聚合形成含有共价结合的可激活自由基引发剂的交联基底网络;(c)将交联基底网络与含有一个或多个乙烯基不饱和化合物的第二反应组合物结合;和(d)激活交联基底网络的共价结合的可激活自由基引发剂,使第二反应组合物在其中与交联基底网络聚合形成嵌接聚合物网络和副产物聚合物。还提供了聚合物组合物的前体、制备聚合物组合物的过程以及使用聚合物组合物的方法,例如在医疗器械中的应用。