Patent ID: 8439964

Claim:
A medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent comprising: a tubular stent comprising a stent frame, the stent frame having a sidewall and a plurality of serpentine bands, each serpentine band having a plurality of circumferentially adjacent struts with openings therebetween, the struts including at least a first strut and a second strut circumferentially adjacent the first strut, wherein the first strut defines at least a first node on a first portion thereof and the second strut defines at least a second node on a second portion thereof, the second node circumferentially adjacent the first node, the stent having an unexpanded state and an expanded state, each node defining a protuberance extending from a side of the strut into one of the openings; a coating composition comprising a therapeutic agent disposed on the first and second nodes; and in the expanded state webs, the webs consisting of the coating composition, wherein the webs extend exclusively between circumferentially adjacent nodes of circumferentially adjacent struts of the same band, each web which extends between circumferentially adjacent nodes dividing the opening between circumferentially adjacent struts into at least two non-contiguous open spaces.