Patent ID: 8852669

Claim:
A method for coating, at least regions of, a medical implant, the method comprising: providing a medical implant; filling a device ( 1 ) with a liquid comprising at least one pharmaceutically active substance, wherein the device ( 1 ) comprises a hollow body having a closed end, an open end located opposite to the closed end, a compressing facility and a compressed, at least over regions thereof, elastic, porous transfer means ( 4 ) arranged at the open end of the hollow body; increasing a volume of the transfer means ( 4 ) by operating the compressing facility such that the transfer means expands outwardly away from the closed end of the hollow body, whereby the liquid is taken up at least partly into the pores of the transfer means ( 4 ); and subsequently transferring the liquid from the transfer means ( 4 ) to a medical implant surface to be coated.