Novel biomimetic hydrogel materials and methods for their preparation. Hydrogels containing acrylamide-functionalized carbohydrate, sulfoxide, sulfide or sulfone copolymerized with a hydrophilic or hydrophobic copolymerizing material selected from the group consisting of an acrylamide, methacrylamide, acrylate, methacrylate, vinyl and a derivative thereof present in concentration from about 1 to about 99 wt %. and methods for their preparation. The method of use of the new hydrogels for fabrication of soft contact lenses and biomedical implants.
Inventors: Bertozzi, Carolyn (Albany, CA)
Mukkamala, Ravindranath (Houston, TX)
Chen, Oing (Albany, CA)
Hu, Hopin (Albuquerque, NM)
Baude, Dominique (Creteil, FR)
Application Number: 09/574938
Publication Date: 04/22/2003