CN1394292A - Contact lens comprising turquoise colorant - Google Patents

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CN1394292A
CN1394292A CN01803417A CN01803417A CN1394292A CN 1394292 A CN1394292 A CN 1394292A CN 01803417 A CN01803417 A CN 01803417A CN 01803417 A CN01803417 A CN 01803417A CN 1394292 A CN1394292 A CN 1394292A
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A colored contact lens includes a pupil section and an iris section surrounding the pupil section wherein the iris section is at least partly covered by an orange colorant having a red component. The colored contact lens may also have a hazel colorant and/or a dark colorant. The colored contact lens makes the iris of the wearer of the lens appear to be a striking honey color.

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The contact lenses that contain turquoise colorant
Related application
According to 35U.S.C. § 119 (e), it is that January 3, sequence number in 2000 are 60/174,288 U.S. Provisional Application No. that the application requires the applying date.This U.S. Provisional Application at this as a reference in conjunction with in this application.
Background of invention
For many years, people attempt to utilize colored contact lens to improve or change the outward appearance of human eye color always, and success is in various degree arranged.United States Patent (USP) 3,536,386 (Spivak), 3,679,504 (Wichterle), 3,712,718 (LeGrand), 4,460,523 (Neefe), 4,719,657 (BaWa), 4,744,647 (MeShel et al), 4,634,449 (Jenkins), European patent disclose and disclose the trial of producing the opaque eyeglass with natural look among 0309154 (Allergan) and UK Patent Application 2202540 A (IGEL).
Painted stealthy mirror described in Knapp (United States Patent (USP) 4,582,402) has been obtained the coml success.This patent disclosure a kind of contact lenses, in its preferred embodiment, these contact lenses have colored, opaque spot (dot).The Knapp glasses provide a kind of natural outward appearance with a kind of eyeglass, and this eyeglass adopts a kind of speckle patterns of simple single color printing, and are simple and can low-cost production.Though in the Knapp eyeglass, the intermittent pattern of spot does not cover iris fully, this invention provides enough spot density, and when general viewers was watched, this spot density provided the outward appearance of continuous color.Knapp also discloses and can repeat the one or many print steps with the different pattern of different colours, because when checking on hand, finds that many people's iris comprises more than one color.
Printed patterns needn't be definitely even, so that can be for the outward appearance that changes or improve the iris fine structure.Obtain commercial successful monochromatic Knapp eyeglass at present, have spot, so that strengthen the structure of iris by the irregular pattern configuration.Yet Knapp commodity eyeglass and Knapp patent all do not have open or propose a kind of eyeglass, and wherein color and design combination is so that change to significantly turquoise (turquoise) look with people's eyes.
Other effort of attempting to produce the eyeglass that seems more natural comprise the United States Patent (USP) 5,120,121 of Rawlings application, this patent disclosure the phase interconnection line from pupil part ambient radiation to the iris portion periphery bunch (cluster).In addition, European patent 0 472 496 A2 have shown a kind of contact lenses, and these contact lenses have attempts to duplicate the line image of finding in the iris.
Produce the colored contact lens that changes or improve the iris color outward appearance although done many trials, but not having a kind of colored contact lens to be devoted to change or improve the outward appearance of contact lens wearers eyes, is nature, tangible turquoise so that they show.
Summary of the invention
In one aspect of the invention, provide a kind of colored contact lens.Contact lenses comprise a pupil part and the iris portion around the pupil part, wherein iris portion is covered by a kind of turquoise colorant at least in part, and this turquoise colorant has a kind of blue color component, a kind of green color component, a kind of titania component and a kind of purple component.
In another aspect of this invention, the contact lenses that provide a kind of people to wear are so that change over a kind of turquoise with human iris's outward appearance.Contact lenses comprise the pupil part of a non-opacity, iris portion around above-mentioned pupil part, with painted, an opaque intermittent pattern on iris portion, it is opaque that this intermittent pattern stays a large portion right and wrong of pattern, the above-mentioned iris portion area of above-mentioned pattern covers at least about 25%, the element general viewers of pattern is difficult to distinguish.Above-mentioned pattern is made of a kind of turquoise colorant, a kind of filbert colorant and a kind of dark colorant.
In another aspect of the present invention, contact lenses comprise an opaque pupil part, iris portion around above-mentioned pupil part, at least two painted, opaque continuation patterns on above-mentioned iris portion, it is opaque that this intermittent pattern stays a large portion right and wrong of pattern, the above-mentioned iris portion area of above-mentioned pattern covers at least about 25%, wherein the element of first pattern comprises turquoise colorant, and the element of second pattern comprises filbert colorant.
Terminology used here " non-opacity " is to be used for illustrating that the wherein part of eyeglass is not painted or use translucent pigment coloring.
Term " general viewers " is to be used for representing to stand in the about 5 feet people far away, as to have the 20-20 eyesight of standard of the people who wears eyeglass of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of contact lenses with a pupil part and an iris portion.
Fig. 2 illustrates the outermost starburst pattern that a kind of confession is used on contact lenses.
Fig. 3 illustrates the outside starburst pattern that a kind of confession is used on contact lenses.
Fig. 4 illustrates the inboard starburst pattern that a kind of confession is used on contact lenses.
Fig. 5 illustrates the reflection coefficient-wavelength relationship curve of turquoise colorant on contact lenses.
Fig. 6 illustrates the reflection coefficient-wavelength relationship curve of a kind of filbert colorant on contact lenses.
Fig. 7 illustrates the reflection coefficient-wavelength relationship curve of a kind of black colorant on contact lenses.
Accompanying drawing and DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED
Fig. 1 illustrates a kind of contact lenses 10.It has a pupil part 20 and the annular iris portion 22 around this pupil part at the non-opacity of eyeglass central authorities.Concerning hydrophilic lens, a peripheral part is around iris portion 22.Intermittent pattern a kind of colour, opaque is positioned on the iris portion 22, as shown in fig. 1.It is opaque that this pattern stays the interior a large portion iris portion right and wrong of pattern interval.The non-opacity district of iris portion 22 presents white in Fig. 1.
Pattern element is spot (dots) preferably, and particularly preferably is the spot of wherein some mixing, as shown in fig. 1.Some part covers with spot densely than other parts are less in the iris portion 22.
Opaque pattern can be made of some spots, and these spots have regular or irregular, uniform or uneven shape, for example, circular, square, sexangle, elongated shape, or other spot shape.In addition, the element of pattern can have the shape outside the spot, as long as these elements are that general viewers does not recognize, covers iris portion between 10% and 30%, preferably about 20% or 25%, and it is opaque to stay the interior a large portion iris portion right and wrong of pattern interval.The pattern that constitutes the iris each several part can be look island or snakelike, spirality, asterism shape, spoke shape, spike shape, stripe-shaped, radial band shape, serrate and texture shape.In some cases, adopt color background to replenish many design.These patterns are admixed mutually, so that a kind of colored contact lens is provided, it can strengthen wearer's iris structure.
One embodiment of the present of invention comprise a kind of multicolor patterns, and this multicolor patterns has improved the natural look of people with glasses's iris greatly, even surpass the natural look of a kind of color or two kinds of color eyeglasses.In order to produce this embodiment, three kinds of (or more than three kinds) multicolour patterns are printed in the part more than three or three.The first of each element is first tone (shade), and having maximum spot or other concentration of element, the spot that this is maximum or the concentration of other element generally are positioned at the outside of iris portion, but in iris portion, that is, near the outer circumference or neighboring of annular iris portion.This part can be shaped as the outermost asterism.A kind of preferred outer pattern or outermost asterism are shown in Figure 2.Through black commonly used, or certain other dark as grey, dark-brown or mazarine color as the outermost asterism.
The second portion of element (outside asterism) is second tone, this second tone is different with first tone, and has the element of Cmax, and the element of this Cmax generally is positioned at the inside of outermost asterism, and general, although always partly do not centered on by the outermost asterism.A kind of preferred second portion or outside asterism are shown in Figure 3.Outside asterism can be many kinds of colors, for example, and blueness, grey, brown, light blue, turquoise, purple, bluish violet, water colour, yellow or green.Most preferably, outside asterism is a turquoise.When outside asterism is not turquoise, can use turquoise colorant at different patterns.
The third part of element (inboard asterism) is a three color scheme, and this three color scheme is different from second tone, and with first tone or identical, or different.This third part has a greatest member concentration, and this greatest member concentration is general, but not always, is positioned at two-part inside in addition.In general, the greatest member concentration of third part is centered on by other two-part concentration of element.A kind of preferred inside part pattern, preferably inboard asterism, shown in Figure 4.The preferred colors that is used for inboard asterism is filbert, also can use other colors to comprise yellow, yellow green, brown, yellowish-brown, gold and orange.Fig. 1 is the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and it illustrates Fig. 2, a kind of combination of 3 and 4.
In a preferred embodiment, the first inhomogeneous frontier district separates the outermost asterism part and the outside asterism part of pattern element, yet, no matter be actually or only sensuously, the outermost asterism all superposes with the element of outside asterism, mixes with blending and be in the same place, so that produce desirable effect.The second inhomogeneous frontier district separates the outside asterism part and the inboard asterism part of pattern, yet, no matter be actually or only sensuously, the element of outside asterism and inboard asterism also all superposes, mixes and admixes and is in the same place.Form a kind of trichromscope sheet if Fig. 2,3 and 4 pattern combine, the uneven edge of pattern then shown in Figure 2 will merge with pattern shown in Figure 3 and stack, so that form the first uneven border between outermost asterism and outside asterism.In addition, the uneven edge of pattern shown in Figure 4 will merge with pattern shown in Figure 3 and stack, so that form the second inhomogeneous border between outside asterism and inboard asterism.
In some pattern, outside asterism can comprise a pattern, and this pattern further extends towards the peripheral direction of eyeglass than the pattern of outermost asterism.
Alternative embodiment more of the present invention comprise minor increment and the ultimate range of uneven border apart from the iris portion neighboring.For example in an alternative embodiment, the first inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 5% to about 60% of iris portion radial width, this uneven border is apart from the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring, it is about 25% to about 95% of iris portion radial width, and the second inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 75% of iris portion radial width, this uneven border is about 50% to about 95% of an iris portion radial width apart from the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring.
In another embodiment, the first inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 50% of iris portion radial width, this inhomogeneous border is apart from the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring, it is from about 45% to about 95% of iris portion radial width, and the second inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 65% of iris portion radial width, this uneven border is about 60% to about 95% of an iris portion radial width apart from the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring.
In another embodiment, the first inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 50% of iris portion radial width, this uneven border is apart from the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring, it is about 45% to about 95% of iris portion radial width, and the second inhomogeneous border is apart from the minor increment of iris portion neighboring, it is about 15% to about 65% of iris portion radial width, this inhomogeneous border is about 60% to about 95% of an iris portion radial width apart from the ultimate range of iris portion neighboring.
In another alternative embodiment, outside starburst pattern can extend on the periphery of contact lenses iris portion, therefore some element that constitutes outside asterism is the outside at all elements that constitutes the outermost starburst pattern, and/or the element of starburst pattern extends to more close pupil part outside constituting, so some element in those elements is the inside at inboard starburst pattern all elements.
In another alternative embodiment, the two forms a kind of interdigital structure inboard starburst pattern and outermost starburst pattern or outside starburst pattern or they.In addition, the outermost starburst pattern can form a kind of interdigital structure with outside starburst pattern.In interdigital structure, a pattern intersects with another pattern, is similar to a plane earth of respectively pointing on hand and is placed on respectively between the finger of another hand.
Referring to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 illustrates the reflection coefficient-wavelength relationship curve map of a kind of preferred turquoise colorant on contact lenses.Curve shows to have the contact lenses of turquoise colorant thereon, when using metric measurement, between about 430nm and about 600nm, comprise an off-gauge reflection coefficient, at this range of wavelengths, at about 408nm wavelength place, reflection coefficient is elevated to about 30 catoptries.Between 600nm and 750nm, reflection coefficient is about 7 catoptries.
Produce the turquoise colorant of above-mentioned reflectivity data, preferably contain the printing ink cream of following ingredients:
Printing ink cream color Turquoise
Composition Percent by weight Target weight Target weight
Ethyl lactate ????30.00 ????138.00 ??900.00
Binder solution ????58.16 ????348.96 ??1744.80
PCN indigo plant ????0.63 ????3.78 ??18.90
PCN is green ????2.25 ????13.50 ??67.50
????TiO 2 ????8.88 ????52.28 ??266.40
Carbazole violet ????0.08 ????0.48 ??2.40
General assembly (TW) (g) ????600 ??3000
The contact lenses that have only above-mentioned turquoise colorant on it are measured according to color showing system of International Commission on Illumination (CIE Color Notation System).Contact lenses have following measurement result: L *Be about 43.3, a *Be about-24.9, and b *Be about-9.8.
CIE color showing system is a kind of based on the colourity schematism of CIE in the stimuli responsive characteristic of employing in 1931 as a kind of method of measuring color.Present recommend method and parameter about this system can be from official publications CIE Publication N0.15 (e-1.3.1) 1971, obtain, the colourity formal recommendation method of International Commission on Illumination (Colorimetry Official Recommendation) can be from National Bureau of Standards, Wash., D.C.20234 (NBS) obtains.
The CIE standard observer is observer's data that CIE adopts, and expression is when people's adaptation of eye light time, to the response mean value of the spectrum of an equal energy.Unless otherwise prescribed, this term is applicable to the data that 2 ° of visuals field adopted in 1931.The data that adopted in 1964 are called observer in 1964 sometimes, for 10 ° of ring-like visuals field obtain, do not comprise 2 ° of visual field observers' in 1931 function.
Colorant can be used metric measurement among the present invention.According to the CIE measuring method, CIE1976 color difference equation especially: &Delta; E CIE ( L * , a * , b * = | ( &Delta;L * ) 2 + ( &Delta;a * ) 2 + ( &Delta;b * ) 2 | 1 / 2 where L * = 25 ( 100 Y Y o ) 1 / 3 - 16 ( 1 < Y < 100 ) a * = 500 | ( X X o ) | 1 / 3 - ( Y Y o ) 1 / 3 | b * = 200 | ( Y Y o ) 1 / 3 - ( Z Z o ) 1 / 3 | P
X, y and z are the tristimulus values of sample, x 0, y 0, and z 0Define the color of normally white object colour stimulus (luminophor); For sample, Δ L=L *, for standard Δ L=-L *For sample, Δ a=a *, for standard, Δ a=-a *For sample ,-b=b *, for standard ,-b=-b *
Two flat boards that will contain colorant of the present invention according to CIE color showing system metric measurement, adopt olive gold #1133-67 standard simultaneously.Olive goldstandard L *Be 52.160, a *Be-3.384, and b *Be 32.585.Counter plate #1 measures L *Be 52.142, and a that records *And b *Be respectively-3.365 and 32.564.Recording Δ L is-0.018, records Δ a *Be 0.019, record Δ b *-0.021 and Δ E be 0.034.On panel #2, the L that records *Be 52.018, and a that records *And b *Be respectively-3.265 and 32.592.Recording Δ L is-0.142, records Δ a *Be 0.118, the Δ b that records *Be 0.006 and Δ E be 0.185.
In a preferred embodiment, a kind of turquoise colorant is formed outside starburst pattern on contact lenses.Contact lenses can have the pattern that another kind of colorant forms inboard asterism.Inboard asterism is preferably filbert.Be more preferably, filbert colorant is the printing ink cream with following ingredients.
Printing ink cream color Filbert
Composition Percent by weight Target weight Target weight
Ethyl lactate ????30.00 ??180.00 ????900.00
Binder solution ????63.49 ??380.94 ????1904.70
PCN indigo plant ????0.06 ??0.36 ????1.80
????TiO 2 ????0.61 ??3.65 ????18.3
IO is red ????1.54 ??9.25 ????46.20
The IO Huang ????4.30 ??25.80 ????129.00
General assembly (TW) (g) ??651 ????3000
Referring to Fig. 6, Fig. 6 illustrates filbert colorant, and does not have other colorant, the reflection coefficient on contact lenses-wavelength relationship curve.This curve shows to have the contact lenses of filbert colorant thereon, when using metric measurement between 360nm and 550nm wavelength, rises to about 10 catoptries from about 5 catoptries gradually.To about 590nm, reflection coefficient rises to about 21 catoptries rapidly from about 550nm.Between 590nm and 750nm, reflectivity generally is higher than 21 catoptries and is lower than about 25 catoptries.
Under CIE color showing system, the contact lenses that have only above-mentioned filbert colorant on it have been measured.Contact lenses have following measurement result: L *For about 42.3, a *For about 15.8, and b *Be about 18.9.
A kind of preferred contact lenses can also have another kind of colorant, preferably form the outermost starburst pattern.Preferably, colorant is dark.More preferably, colorant is a kind of black ink cream that comprises that iron oxide (IO) is black, the printing ink cream as shown in following table:
Printing ink cream color Black
Composition Percent by weight Target weight Target weight
Ethyl lactate ????23.98 ??156.11 ????719.40
Binder solution ????64.04 ??416.90 ????1921.20
????TiO 2 ????11.98 ??77.99 ????359.4
General assembly (TW) (g) ??651 ????3000
Referring to Fig. 7, Fig. 7 illustrates black colorant, and does not have other colorant, the reflection coefficient on contact lenses-wavelength relationship curve.This curve shows to have the contact lenses of black colorant thereon, when using metric measurement, comprises that one is straight line basically, and this straight line is crossed over all measurement wavelength at about 5 catoptry places.
Under CIE color showing system, the contact lenses that have only above-mentioned black colorant on it have been measured.Contact lenses have following measurement result: L *For about 25.5, a *For about 0.54, and b *Be about-0.15.
Produce the opaque section of contact lenses iris portion, preferably use the United States Patent (USP) 4 of known Knapp, 582, the United States Patent (USP) 5 of 402 printing process (herein being combined in herein as a reference) and known Rawling, 034,166 and 5,116,112 printing process (herein being combined in herein as a reference) is by finishing the eyeglass printing for three times.In general, a flat board or a substrate with some depressions is smeared with a kind of printing ink of desired tone, above-mentioned depression is formed desirable pattern.By removing excessive printing ink, stay depression simultaneously and fill printing ink with the dull and stereotyped surface of doctor blade scraping.
A silicone rubber pad is withstood flat board, so as from depression picks up ink, then this silicone rubber pad is being pressed the surface of eyeglass, so as with design transfer to eyeglass.Then with printed pattern cured, so that it can not be removed from eyeglass.Certainly, the front surface that no matter prints eyeglass still be the rear surface can, but preferably print front surface at present.
Be used for implementing preferred eyeglass of the present invention and ink composition is described in the United States Patent (USP) 4,668,240 of LoShaek, add as a reference herein.Special composition and target weight describe in detail below.In brief, with a kind of by have-COOH ,-OH or NH 2The eyeglass ink printing that the polymkeric substance of group is made, this printing ink contain adhesive polymer, the opaque coloring material with identical function group, and isocyanate compound.The solution that at first prepares adhesive polymer and solvent, and this solution mixed with the paste that contains painted thing, so that form printing ink.Preferred adhesive polymer solution, its viscosity is about 35,000 centipoises (CPS) to blueness, grey, brown and black, green is about 50,000CPS.Opaque ink printing is also solidified on lens surface.
Can be with composition and the percentage (by weight) described in the following printing ink colour chart (ink color charts), some the printing ink cream and the pigment that can use in the present invention with many diverse ways manufacturings.For example, filbert printing ink cream can be with 64.59% (by weight, down with) binder solution, 30.00% ethyl lactate, 0.61% titania, 0.06%PCN indigo plant, 4.30% iron oxide (IO) is yellow, 1.54% iron oxide red manufacturing.Although these colorants are used for preferred embodiment, also can or change the percent by weight of various compositions with other colorant.Each following color chart only is the possible printing ink and the representative example of pigment content scope, rather than complete detail list.Those of ordinary skill in the art can develop other the printing ink and the content range of pigment, the human iris who wears contact lenses is provided the effect of enhancing.
Certainly, the colored opaque element that can other method forms eyeglass.For example, can make the selected part of wetting hydrophilic lens iris portion soak into first kind of material, as barium chloride.This eyeglass can be immersed second kind of material then, in sulfuric acid solution, this second kind of material and first kind of material form opaque, water-fast precipitation, for example barium sulphate.Therefore the opaque predetermined pattern that forms in the eyeglass in the iris portion that is deposited in.
Next, the whole of iris portion or one of them part are painted by a pattern with opaque colorant.If whole iris all uses translucent tone painted, the gap in the pattern is painted translucently so, but still right and wrong are opaque, and preferred embodiment according to the invention.The pupil of eyeglass part can be painted with the tone of non-opacity because when eyeglass is pasting the dark pupil that exists in wearer's eye, this tone be do not go out.The opaque method of other alternative generations comprises utilizes as United States Patent (USP) 4,744 laser instrument described in 647 and United States Patent (USP) 4,460, the levigate particulate described in 523.
The method that the present invention is used to make colored contact lens is as follows.A kind of transparent contact lenses are provided, and it comprises at least one pupil part and the iris portion around this pupil part.If eyeglass is made with hydrophilic material, then it also has a peripheral part around iris portion.Concerning hydrophilic material, step described below is carried out with being in the material that water not contains state.Preferred hydrophilic material, is disclosed in 773 at United States Patent (USP) 4,405 by LoShaek, is attached among the application as a reference herein.
Multicolour pattern can deposit on the iris portion of eyeglass with any method.Preferable methods is with offset plate pad (offset pad) print process at present, explains this method below a little.
Prepare (unshowned) plate, this plate has flat surface and some depressions corresponding to desirable speckle patterns.For the pattern shown in shop drawings 2,3 and 4, each depression all should have the degree of depth of diameter and the about 0.013mm of about 0.1mm.These depressions are arranged in the annular shape that can cover corresponding to eyeglass iris portion shape.
Plate can be with the technology manufacturing of integrated mimic channel of known manufacturing or integrated digital circuit.At first prepare a pattern bigger approximately 20 times than desirable pattern.Then with well-known camera technique this pattern is narrowed down to accurate desirable size, the part to be colored of this pattern is darker than all the other zones.Flat surface covers with a kind of photoresist (photo resist) material, and this photo-induced corrosion resistant material becomes water insoluble when exposure.Photo-induced corrosion resistant material is also exposed with pattern covers.Remove photoresist pattern part by washing with water, and final plate is etched into the needed degree of depth.Then the photo-induced corrosion resistant material of remainder is removed with mechanical means.
Colorant comprises pigment and bonding agent or is used for the carrier of pigment, and colorant deposition on the plane surface of plate, and is swiped across pattern with doctor blade.This makes depression fill printing ink, and removes unnecessary printing ink simultaneously from plane surface.According to desirable change color degree, colorant can more or less be opaque.Opacity can change by the ratio of pigment and bonding agent in the change colorant.Should be appreciated that, adopt highly opaque colorant, or, can obtain desirable effect with having the major part of lacking opaque colorant slightly and covering the iris portion surface.
The pad that silicon rubber is made soaks into silicone oil so that separate, and this silicone rubber pad is withstood pattern, removes the printing ink in the depression.Make the printing ink on the pad dried slightly, then it withstood the front surface of contact lenses so that improve thickness, with ink deposition on iris portion in the desirable pattern.Certainly this pad must have enough flexible distortion, so that adapt to the convex front surface of eyeglass.In order to reach the effect of nature, print steps can repeat with the different pattern of different colours once or once, because when close inspection, discovery has many people's iris to contain more than one color.Printed pattern needn't be definitely even, is used to strengthen the fine structure of iris.
Then will deposit good pattern and handle, so that pattern do not separate with eyeglass when being exposed to liquid, will be circuitous when eyeglass is placed in the eye to eye liquid.Prevent that the correct method that separates from depending on material and the pattern of making eyeglass.Only air-dry or may be just much of that with eyeglass heating.Concerning hydrophilic lens, can adopt Michterle at United States Patent (USP) 3,679, the technology of the opaque pattern of coating described in 504 (being attached to the application herein as a reference).
Be used to make a kind of method of preferred colored contact lens, generally comprise on the painted surface that is added to transparent contact lenses of three parts, and make colorant anti-from eye liquid separation steps.
Printed contact lenses will have pupil part and iris portion with three part colorants around above-mentioned pupil part of a non-opacity.First's colorant, perhaps outermost asterism, has first tone, the second portion colorant, that is outside asterism is second tone, this second tone is different with first tone, and the third part colorant, or inboard asterism is three color scheme, and this three color scheme is different with second tone, and with first tone can be identical or can be different.
The outermost asterism is provided with like this, makes the greatest member concentration of outermost asterism generally be positioned at the outside of iris portion, but still in iris portion, and generally is positioned at the concentration of element outside of outside asterism; The greatest member concentration of outside asterism will generally be positioned at the outside of inboard asterism greatest member concentration, and the first inhomogeneous border will distinguish outermost asterism and outside asterism, though outermost asterism part and outside asterism part will superpose, the second uneven border will distinguish outside asterism and inboard asterism, but outside asterism and inboard asterism will superpose.Therefore, will provide a kind of eyeglass, this eyeglass can change the apparent colour of lenses fitted person's iris, and gives very natural turquoise outward appearance.
Be used for intermittent pattern is deposited on step on the lens surface, comprise and use one first plate, this first plate has some depressions corresponding to first or outermost asterism, and with the first tone colorant, preferably black colorant is full of these depressions.Next step is the surface (no matter which limit) of one first flexible mat being pressed first plate and subsequently first flexible mat being pressed eyeglass, thereby printing first element.
Next step comprises use one second plate, and this second plate has some depressions corresponding to second portion or outside asterism, and is full of these depressions with the second tone colorant, and this second tone is different with first tone, preferably turquoise.Next step comprises is pressing second flexible mat second plate and second flexible mat is being pressed the surface (no matter being same surface or opposite surfaces) of eyeglass, thereby prints the second portion element.
Last step comprises uses one the 3rd plate, the 3rd plate has some depressions corresponding to third part or inboard asterism, and is full of these depressions with the three color scheme colorant, and this three color scheme is different with second tone, and with first tone or identical or just different, preferably filbert.This is by the 3rd flexible mat being pressed the 3rd plate and pressing the surface (no matter which limit) of above-mentioned eyeglass to implement the 3rd flexible mat, thereby printing third part element.Final eyeglass when putting on, makes wearer's iris show it is a kind of tangible turquoise.
Although above steps has arranged each several part to be printed on order on the eyeglass, the printing order has no importance for the present invention, and any printing order is all included by the present invention.In addition, said method can comprise in the past cited in alternative enforcement, forms the minor increment and the ultimate range on uneven border.
Be used for a kind of alternative embodiment on the contact lenses iris portion, the rubber cushion print process that provides ink jet printing method to replace each layer are provided different layers.Ink jet printing method be do not need to fill up or the situation of plate under finish, and can under the resolution higher, implement, thereby the bigger details of each color layer and more natural final pattern are provided on the iris portion of contact lenses than rubber cushion print process.
Adopt ink jet printing method also to reduce the device number that contacts with contact lenses or other device.For example, silicagel pad must be originally and plate or substrate contacts, contacts with contact lenses itself then.Contact between each parts each parts that tend to wear and tear, thereby will need to change these parts.In ink jet printing method, in fact micro nozzle does not contact with contact lenses, does not contact with any other device yet.Thereby reduced the chance of micro nozzle wearing and tearing.
In addition, ink-jet printer is controlled with electronics method, so that by computer control, can be easy to accomplish change to different color layers from a color layers.Therefore, in case determined a kind of multilayered invisible eyeglass design, and be divided into a plurality of color layers, just can adopt ink jet printing method that each layer is added on the contact lenses, thereby forming a kind of colored contact lens, this colored contact lens can change to turquoise with the apparent colour of wearer's iris.
As can be seen, some embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of contact lenses, and these contact lenses can change the color outward appearance of iris or be improved to tangible turquoise, and simultaneously can visual its fine structure and a kind of natural outward appearance is provided.In each functions of components with arrange to carry out various changes: illustrated in can replacing with equivalent device and those devices of explanation; And under situation about not breaking away from, can use some characteristic and irrelevant with other characteristics as the described spirit and scope of following claims.

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1. colored contact lens, comprise a pupil part and a iris portion around this pupil part, wherein: iris portion is covered by a kind of turquoise colorant at least in part, this turquoise colorant has a kind of blue color component, a kind of green color component, a kind of titania component and a kind of purple component.
2. described contact lenses of claim 1, wherein: blue color component comprises PCN indigo plant.
3. described contact lenses of claim 1, wherein: green color component comprises that PCN is green.
4. described contact lenses of claim 1, wherein: the purple component comprises carbazole violet.
5. described contact lenses of claim 1, wherein: turquoise colorant is a kind of printing ink cream, and this printing ink cream comprises about 0.63% (by weight) PCN indigo plant, and 2.25% (by weight), PCN was green, 8.88% (by weight) titania and 0.08% (by weight) carbazole violet.
6. the described colored contact lens of claim 5, wherein: turquoise colorant has this character, if promptly it is a colorant unique on the contact lenses, then when measuring eyeglass under CIE color showing system, comprises L *Be about 43.3, a *Be about-24.9, and b *Be about-9.8.
7. the described colored contact lens of claim 5, wherein: turquoise colorant has this character, if promptly it is a colorant unique on the contact lenses, then when the time with the metric measurement eyeglass, a non-standard reflectivity is arranged between about 430nm and about 600nm, in this range of wavelengths, reflectivity rises to about 30 catoptries at about 480nm place.
8. wear with appearance of iris by the people and to change over turquois colored contact lens for one kind the people, the pupil part that comprises a non-opacity, iris portion around above-mentioned pupil part, painted with on above-mentioned iris portion, opaque intermittent pattern, it is non-opacity that this intermittent pattern stays a large portion pattern, the above-mentioned iris portion of above-mentioned pattern covers is at least about 25% area, the element of above-mentioned pattern is that general viewers does not recognize, above-mentioned pattern is by a kind of turquoise colorant, a kind of filbert colorant and a kind of light black colorant constitute.
9. the described colored contact lens of claim 8, wherein: turquoise colorant comprises PCN indigo plant, green, the titania of PCN, and purple.
10. the described colored contact lens of claim 8, wherein: turquoise colorant is that the form with pattern element applies, and these pattern elements jointly form outside asterism.
11. the described contact lenses of claim 8, wherein: filbert colorant comprises PCN indigo plant, titania, IO is red and the IO Huang.
12. the described colored contact lens of claim 8, wherein: filbert colorant is that the form with pattern element applies, and these pattern elements jointly form inboard asterism.
13. the described contact lenses of claim 8, wherein: dark colorant is a kind of black colorant.
14. the described colored contact lens of claim 8, wherein: dark colorant is that the form with pattern element applies, and these pattern elements jointly form the outermost asterism.
15. colored contact lens, the pupil part that comprises a non-opacity, iris portion around above-mentioned pupil part, with at least two kinds of painted, opaque intermittent pattern on above-mentioned iris portion, it is opaque that this intermittent pattern stays a large portion pattern right and wrong, the above-mentioned iris portion area of above-mentioned pattern covers at least about 25%, wherein: the element of first pattern comprises that the element of the turquoise colorant and second pattern comprises filbert colorant.
16. the described contact lenses of claim 15, wherein: turquoise colorant applies with the pattern element form, and these pattern elements jointly form outside asterism.
17. the described contact lenses of claim 15, wherein: filbert colorant applies with the pattern element form, and these pattern elements jointly form inboard asterism.
18. the described contact lenses of claim 15 have one the 3rd pattern, wherein: the 3rd pattern element is dark colorant.
19. the described contact lenses of claim 18, wherein: dark colorant is a black.
20. the described contact lenses of claim 19, wherein: black colorant is that the form with pattern element applies, and these pattern elements jointly form the outermost asterism.
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