Patent ID: 7358232

Claim:
Method for the antibiotic coating of bodies with interconnecting microcavities, said method comprising the following steps: a) introducing into the microcavities an aqueous solution 1, which comprises at least one easily water-soluble antibiotic component selected from the group consisting of the aminoglycoside antibiotics, the tetracycline antibiotics, the lincosamide antibiotics, the 4-quinolone antibiotics and the chlorhexidines, and an aqueous solution 2, which comprises at least one easily water-soluble amphiphilic component selected from the group consisting of the alkyl sulfates, alkyl sulfonates, alkylaryl sulfates, dialkylaryl sulfates, alkylaryl sulfonates, dialkylaryl sulfonates, cycloalkyl sulfates, cycloalkyl sulfonates, and alkylcycloalkyl sulfates, b) removing water between the introduction of solutions 1 and 2, and c) forming a coating from components of solutions 1 and 2 in the microcavities, which consists of a sparingly water-soluble deposit.