Patent ID: 8398706
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a body lumen of a patient, the method comprising: deploying a first stent at a treatment area in a body lumen of a patient, wherein the first stent comprises a bioabsorbable polymeric scaffolding and a coating comprising a bioabsorbable material on at least a portion of the scaffolding, and wherein the degradation rate of all or substantially all of the bioabsorbable polymer of the scaffolding is faster than the degradation rate of all or substantially all of the bioabsorbable material of the coating; and deploying a second stent in at least a portion of the treatment area; wherein the coating of the first stent becomes endothelialized in a wall of the lumen and delivers a drug after the scaffolding of the first stent has substantially or completely degraded.