FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine and represents an implant having a coating, which releases silver ions into the human body and consequently has an antimicrobial effect. A first segment of the coating surface (23) is formed by an anode material (25); a second segment of the coating surface (23) is formed by a cathode material (26). The cathode material (26) is higher up the electrochemical series than the anode material (25). The cathode material (26) and the anode material (25) are coupled by electrically conductive method. Together with a body electrolyte in the implant environment, the anode material (25) and the cathode material (26) form a number of local galvanic cells.
EFFECT: invention enables improving the antimicrobial action of the coating (23).
10 cl, 9 dwg
