Patent ID: 7297159

Claim:
A stent, comprising: a first outer surface segment extending from a distal edge of the stent towards a proximal end of the stent and a second outer surface segment extending from a proximal edge of the stent towards a distal end of the stent; a uniform first coating layer comprising a drug blended with a polymer evenly distributed over the entire first outer surface segment of the stent but not distributed over the second outer surface segment of the stent, the first coating layer being free of webbing over the first outer surface segment; and a uniform second coating layer different from the first coating layer comprising a drug blended with,a polymer evenly distributed over the entire second outer surface segment of the stent but not distributed over the first outer surface segment of the stent, the second coating layer being free of webbing over the second outer surface segment, wherein the second coating layer does not cover the first coating layer.