The invention relates to a method for coating, at least regions of, a medical implant, preferably of an artificial joint or a fixation for a joint, whereby a medical implant having a surface to be coated is provided and the medical implant surface to be coated is contacted with an elastically deformable transfer means that comprises at least one liquid that contains at least one pharmaceutically active substance, whereby the liquid is transferred from the transfer means to the medical implant surface through the contacting with the transfer means. The invention also relates to a device coating, at least regions of, a medical implant using a method of said type, whereby the device comprises an elastically deformable transfer means that comprises a liquid that contains at least one pharmaceutically active substance such that the liquid can be transferred to the medical implant when the transfer means is contacted with the medical implant surface to be coated.
