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THE METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICALLY CLEAR CONTACT LENS OR LENS ELEMENT FORMED O AN ORGANIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER HAVING A SURFACE COMPRISING A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER GRAFTED THEREON, WHICH COMPRISES IN THE SHAPE OF SURFACE OF THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMERR IN THE SHAPE OF A CONTACT LENS OR LENS ELEMENT UNIFORMLY WITH A LIQUID CONTAINING FREE-RADICAL POLYMERRIZABLE PRECURSOR TO SAID HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER, EXPOSING SAID SURFACE WHILE IN CONTACT WITH SAID PRECURSOR TO DOSAGE OF HIGH ENGERRY IONIZING RADITION SUFFICIENT TO FORM A HYDROPHILIC SURFACE ON SAID LENS OR LENS ELEMENT DURING A TOTAL TIME WHICH IS SHORT COMPARED TO THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE PRECURSOR TO PENETRATE INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND TO FORM LOALIZED AREA S OF HIGH HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER CONCENTRATION ON THE SILICONE SURFACE AND CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY AND DURATION OF RADIATION AND THE CONCENTRATION OF PRECURSOR TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE MIGRATION OF PRECURSOR INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER THEREBY CAUSING SAID PRECURSOR IN GRAFT TO SAID SURFACE WHILE PREVENTING NON-UNIFORM AND EXCESSIVE POLYMERIZATION OF THE PRECURSOR, AND THEREBY PRODUCING A THIN SMOOTH HYDROPHILIC LAYER UNIFORMLY OVER THE ENTIRE SILICONE SURFACE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICALLY CLEAR CONTACT LENS OR LENS ELEMENT FORMED O AN ORGANIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER HAVING A SURFACE COMPRISING A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER GRAFTED THEREON, WHICH COMPRISES IN THE SHAPE OF SURFACE OF THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMERR IN THE SHAPE OF A CONTACT LENS OR LENS ELEMENT UNIFORMLY WITH A LIQUID CONTAINING FREE-RADICAL POLYMERRIZABLE PRECURSOR TO SAID HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER, EXPOSING SAID SURFACE WHILE IN CONTACT WITH SAID PRECURSOR TO DOSAGE OF HIGH ENGERRY IONIZING RADITION SUFFICIENT TO FORM A HYDROPHILIC SURFACE ON SAID LENS OR LENS ELEMENT DURING A TOTAL TIME WHICH IS SHORT COMPARED TO THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE PRECURSOR TO PENETRATE INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND TO FORM LOALIZED AREA S OF HIGH HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER CONCENTRATION ON THE SILICONE SURFACE AND CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY AND DURATION OF RADIATION AND THE CONCENTRATION OF PRECURSOR TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE MIGRATION OF PRECURSOR INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER THEREBY CAUSING SAID PRECURSOR IN GRAFT TO SAID SURFACE WHILE PREVENTING NON-UNIFORM AND EXCESSIVE POLYMERIZATION OF THE PRECURSOR, AND THEREBY PRODUCING A THIN SMOOTH HYDROPHILIC LAYER UNIFORMLY OVER THE ENTIRE SILICONE SURFACE.

Claim 5

THE METHOD OF CLAM 1 WHEREIN THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMERR AND PRECURSOR ARE CONTACTED IN A MOLD CAVITY IN THE SHAPE OF A CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT, WHEREIN THE PRECURSOR IS LOCATED IN A COATING ON THE INSIDE SURFACES OF SAID MOLD AND IN CONTACT WITH THE SURFACES OF SAID SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND WHEREIN AN OUTSIDE SURFACE OF SAID MOLD INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND A SOURCE OF RADITION HAS THE SAME GENERAL SHAPE AS THE SURFACE OF THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER NEAREST THE SOURCE OF RADITION TO EFFECT A GENERALLY UNIFORM DOS OF IONIZING RADIATION OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF SAID SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER.

Claim 6

THE METHOD OF CLAM 1 WHEREIN THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMERR AND PRECURSOR ARE CONTACTED IN A MOLD CAVITY IN THE SHAPE OF A CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT, WHEREIN THE PRECURSOR IS LOCATED IN A COATING ON THE INSIDE SURFACES OF SAID MOLD AND IN CONTACT WITH THE SURFACES OF SAID SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND WHEREIN AN OUTSIDE SURFACE OF SAID MOLD INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND A SOURCE OF RADITION HAS THE SAME GENERAL SHAPE AS THE SURFACE OF THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER NEAREST THE SOURCE OF RADITION TO EFFECT A GENERALLY UNIFORM DOS OF IONIZING RADIATION OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF SAID SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER.

Claim 15

THE METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICALLY CLEAR CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT FORM OF AN ORGANIC SILICONE POLYMER OR COPPLYMER HAVING A SURFACE COMPRISING A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER GRAFTED THEREON WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING ONE SURFACE OF A THIN SHEET OF A SILICONE POLYMERIZABLE PRECURSOR TO A LIQUID COMPRISING A FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZABLE PRECURSOR TO SAID HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER, EXPOSING SAID SHEET AND SAID PRECURSOR TO DOSAGE OF HIGH ENERGY IONING RADITION SUFFICIENT TO FORM A HYDROPHILIC SURFACE ON SAAID ONE SURFACE OF SAID SHEET DURING A TOTAL TIME WHICH IS SHORT COMPARED TO THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE PRECURSOR TO PENETRATE INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND TO FORM LOCALIZED AREAS OF HIGH HYDROPHILIC POLYMER CONCENTRATING ON THE SILICONE SURFACE, CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY AND DURATION OF RADIATION AND THE CONCENTRATION OF PRECURSOR TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE MIGRATION OF PRECURSOR INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER THEREBY CAUSING SAID PRECURSOR TO GRAFT TO SAID ONE SURFACE, BUT NOT TO ASECOND SURFACE OF SAID SHEET, WHILE PREVENTING NON-UNIFORM AND EXCESSIVE POLYMERIZATION OF THE PRECURSOR, AND THEREBY PRODUCING A THIN SMOOTH HYDROPHILIC LAYER OVER THE ENTIRETY OF SAID ONE SURFACE, REMOVING SAID ONE SURFACE FROM CONTACT WITH THE PRESCURSOR, CONTACTING SAID SECOND SURFACE TO A SURFACE OF A SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER SHAPED AS A CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT AND EXPOSING SAID SHEET AND SHAPED SILICONE TO IONIZING RADIATION TO GRAFT THE SHEET TO THE SHAPED SILICONE.

Claim 16

THE METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICALLY CLEAR CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT FORM OF AN ORGANIC SILICONE POLYMER OR COPPLYMER HAVING A SURFACE COMPRISING A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER GRAFTED THEREON WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING ONE SURFACE OF A THIN SHEET OF A SILICONE POLYMERIZABLE PRECURSOR TO A LIQUID COMPRISING A FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZABLE PRECURSOR TO SAID HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER, EXPOSING SAID SHEET AND SAID PRECURSOR TO DOSAGE OF HIGH ENERGY IONING RADITION SUFFICIENT TO FORM A HYDROPHILIC SURFACE ON SAAID ONE SURFACE OF SAID SHEET DURING A TOTAL TIME WHICH IS SHORT COMPARED TO THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE PRECURSOR TO PENETRATE INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND TO FORM LOCALIZED AREAS OF HIGH HYDROPHILIC POLYMER CONCENTRATING ON THE SILICONE SURFACE, CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY AND DURATION OF RADIATION AND THE CONCENTRATION OF PRECURSOR TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE MIGRATION OF PRECURSOR INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER THEREBY CAUSING SAID PRECURSOR TO GRAFT TO SAID ONE SURFACE, BUT NOT TO ASECOND SURFACE OF SAID SHEET, WHILE PREVENTING NON-UNIFORM AND EXCESSIVE POLYMERIZATION OF THE PRECURSOR, AND THEREBY PRODUCING A THIN SMOOTH HYDROPHILIC LAYER OVER THE ENTIRETY OF SAID ONE SURFACE, REMOVING SAID ONE SURFACE FROM CONTACT WITH THE PRESCURSOR, CONTACTING SAID SECOND SURFACE TO A SURFACE OF A SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER SHAPED AS A CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT AND EXPOSING SAID SHEET AND SHAPED SILICONE TO IONIZING RADIATION TO GRAFT THE SHEET TO THE SHAPED SILICONE.

Claim 17

THE METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICALLY CLEAR CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT FORMED OF AN ORGANIC SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER HAVING A SURFACE COMPRISING A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYME GRAFTED WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A SHEET FORMED FROM A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND CONTAINING A PRESCURSOR TO A HYDROPHILIC POLYME OR COPOLYMER WITH A SURFACE OF A SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER SHAPED IN THE FORM OF A CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT AND EXPOSING SAID SHEET SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER WHILE IN CONTACT TO DOSAGE OF HGH ENERGY IONIZING RADIATION SUFFICIENT TO FORM A HYDROPHILIC SURFACE ON SAIL LENS OR LENS ELEMENT DURING A TOTAL TIME IS SHORT COPARED TO THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE PRECURSOR TO PENETRATE INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND TO FORM LOCALIZED AREAS OF HIGH HYDRPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER CONTRATION ON THE SILICO SURFACE THEREBY TO GRAFT SAID SHEET TO SAID SILICONE SURFACE AND TO PRODUCE A THIN SMOOTH HYRIPILIC SHEET UNIFORMLY GRAFTED OVER THE ENTIRE SILICONE SURFACE.

Claim 18

THE METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICALLY CLEAR CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT FORMED OF AN ORGANIC SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER HAVING A SURFACE COMPRISING A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYME GRAFTED WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A SHEET FORMED FROM A HYDROPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND CONTAINING A PRESCURSOR TO A HYDROPHILIC POLYME OR COPOLYMER WITH A SURFACE OF A SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER SHAPED IN THE FORM OF A CONTACT LENS OR CONTACT LENS ELEMENT AND EXPOSING SAID SHEET SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER WHILE IN CONTACT TO DOSAGE OF HGH ENERGY IONIZING RADIATION SUFFICIENT TO FORM A HYDROPHILIC SURFACE ON SAIL LENS OR LENS ELEMENT DURING A TOTAL TIME IS SHORT COPARED TO THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE PRECURSOR TO PENETRATE INTO THE SILICONE POLYMER OR COPOLYMER AND TO FORM LOCALIZED AREAS OF HIGH HYDRPHILIC POLYMER OR COPOLYMER CONTRATION ON THE SILICO SURFACE THEREBY TO GRAFT SAID SHEET TO SAID SILICONE SURFACE AND TO PRODUCE A THIN SMOOTH HYRIPILIC SHEET UNIFORMLY GRAFTED OVER THE ENTIRE SILICONE SURFACE.