Patent ID: 8613764

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a self-expanding stent having an inner surface and an outer surface; a non-hydrophilic expandable tube having an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface of said non-hydrophilic expandable tube coupled to said inner surface of said stent, wherein said non-hydrophilic expandable tube comprises an expandable polytetrafluoroethylene material, and wherein said non-hydrophilic expandable tube shields a plaque from a body lumen; endothelial cells at least partially embedded in said inner surface of said non-hydrophilic expandable tube; and a lipid lowering agent coating overlying said inner surface of said non-hydrophilic expandable tube, wherein said lipid lowering agent coating is releasably coated on said inner surface to release into said body lumen when said lipid lowering agent coating becomes exposed to blood flowing in said body lumen.