Patent ID: 8535372

Claim:
A stent comprising: a bioabsorbable prohealing layer configured to promote endothelialization upon exposure to bodily fluids, wherein the prohealing layer comprises a substance that attracts and binds endothelial progenitor cells, wherein the substance is dispersed within a bioabsorbable polymer matrix, wherein a bioabsorbable polymer of the matrix is poly(L-lactide), polyglycolide, poly(ester amide) or poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide); and a bioabsorbable drug-polymer layer on an abluminal surface of the prohealing layer, wherein the drug-polymer layer comprises a drug mixed or dispersed within a bioabsorbable polymer that is the same as the bioabsorbable polymer of the matrix, wherein the stent is completely bioabsorbable and upon implantation in a vessel is configured to completely erode and disappear from the vessel.