Patent ID: 8092824

Claim:
Antibiotic coating of implants wherein the coating comprises a mixture of at least one saturated, organic, hydrophobic, low molecular matrix former selected from the group consisting of glycerine tristearate, glycerine tripalmitate, glycerine trimyristate, glycerine tribehenate, stearic acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid, behenic acid, myristyl palmitate, cetyl palmitate, ceryl cerotinate and glycerine triester, wherein each ester of said triester is formed from an even numbered fatty acid that is different from the other esters of said trimester, and whose melting point is within the temperature range of 45° C. to 100° C., in which a low molecular, hydrophobic additive selected from the group consisting of stearic acid, palmitic acid, and myristic acid is dissolved and that, in the mixture of matrix former and hydrophobic additive, at least one antibiotic is suspended and/or at least one antibiotic miscible with the mixture of matrix former and hydrophobic additive is dissolved.