Patent ID: 8895098

Claim:
A method for coating at least regions of a medical implant, the method comprising: providing powder in a container having an opening, the powder comprising at least one pharmaceutically active substance or one bone growth-promoting substance, the container having a membrane that seals the powder in the container; introducing a least a portion of a medical implant through the opening in the container, wherein the medical implant is pushed through the membrane or the membrane is opened; contacting a surface of the medical implant with the powder after the introducing; transferring powder to the surface of the medical implant through the contacting such that at least some of the powder adheres to the surface of the medical implant after the contacting; pulling the medical implant out of the container after powder is transferred to the surface of the medical implant; immersing the surface of the medical implant into a liquid, painting the surface of the medical implant, or wetting the surface of the medical implant with a liquid prior to contacting the surface of the medical implant with powder; sweeping the medical implant over an elastically deformable transfer means; and transferring the liquid from the transfer means to the surface of the medical implant while the medical implant is swept over the transfer means.