Patent ID: 9028907
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A61L,B05D,C23C

Abstract:
1. Method for coating of a medical implant, comprising (i) providing a medical implant that includes at least one surface to be coated; (ii) providing a body that includes at least one calcium salt with a Mohs hardness of no more than 5.5 on at least one of its surfaces; and (iii) rubbing said body having the calcium salt-containing surface over the at least one medical implant surface to be coated such that said surface of the medical implant is coated with the at least one calcium salt, wherein the porosity of the body is in the range from 10-70% by volume, wherein the body comprises a compound that is selected from the group consisting of fatty acids, fatty acid esters, fatty acid salts, polyethylene glycols with a molar mass of no more than 1,000 g/mol, and oligomeric lactic acid esters with a molar mass of less than 1,000 g/mol.