Patent ID: 8252048

Claim:
A stent designed for the release of a drug, at least a portion of the stent comprising a multilayer structure, the multilayer structure comprising at least one outer layer formed of a first material, at least one inner layer formed of a second material, the second material is the same or different than the first material, the outer layer and the inner layer defining a stent wall, the stent further comprising a central portion, a proximal end and a distal end and a lumen therebetween, the wall having openings extending therethrough, the multilayer structure further comprising at least one intermediate drug eluting layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, the intermediate drug eluting layer comprising a porous material, the porous material comprising a metal, and a drug, and wherein the outer and the inner layer elute substantially no drug and said intermediate drug eluting layer elutes drug in a lateral direction.