An oxygen permeable bifocal contact lens which has a distance vision portion and a near vision portion is made from materials having differing refractive indexes. The near vision portion has a higher refractive index than the distance portion with a Dk of at least 10.
The distance portion forms the major portion of the lens and is formed as a crosslinked copolymer with a refractive index of not more than 1.49 from monomeric materials which impart oxygen permeability to the finished lens, and the near vision portion similarly is formed as a crosslinked copolymer from a monomer mixture which includes one or more monomers at a concentration and with a refractive index such that the near vision portion has a refractive index of at least 1.54.
The monomer of the near vision portion includes at least one vinyl monomer having a substituted aromatic ring structure to make the monomer bulky and ensure there is only a limited shrinkage on polymerization of such monomers and mixtures containing them.
透氧双焦隐形眼镜具有远视部分和近视部分,由具有不同折射率的材料制成。近视部分的折射率高于远视部分,Dk 至少为 10。
远视部分是镜片的主要部分,由单体材料制成的交联共聚物的折射率不超过 1.49,这种单体材料能使成品镜片具有透氧性;近视部分同样由单体混合物制成的交联共聚物,这种单体混合物包括一种或多种单体,其浓度和折射率使近视部分的折射率至少为 1.54。
近视部分的单体包括至少一种具有取代芳香环结构的
乙烯基单体,以使单体体积大,并确保这种单体和含有它们的混合物在聚合时只有有限的收缩。