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An oxygen-permeable contact lens consisting essentially of a polymer having an organic polysiloxane skeleton and a three-dimensional crosslinked structure, and a process for the preparation thereof. The polymer comprises structural units comprising (A) a residue of a trifunctional isocyanate, (B) a residue of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of unsaturated carboxylic acids, monoalkyl esters of unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, monoalkyl and dialkyl esters of unsaturated tricarboxylic acids, hydroxyalkyl esters of unsaturated carboxylic acids, acrylamide, methacrylamide, vinyl ethers, and styrene derivatives having an active hydrogen atom, (C) a polydimethylsiloxane residue modified with an active hydrogen-containing functional group, and (D) a residue of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alkyl esters of acrylic acid, alkyl esters of methacrylic acid, fluorine-containing acrylates, fluorine-containing methacrylates, acrylates and methacrylates having an alicyclic hydrocarbon group, aryl acrylates and methacrylates, halogen-containing aryl acrylates and methacrylates, styrene, styrene derivatives, alkyl esters of unsaturated carboxylic acids.

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