Patent ID: 8709071

Claim:
A stent comprising: a stent body comprising a plurality of structural elements, each structural element comprising a luminal surface, an abluminal surface and a sidewall surface connecting the luminal surface to the abluminal surface, wherein the stent body is made of a bioabsorbable material which allows the stent body upon implantation to disintegrate, absorb and disappear from a region of implantation; a prohealing coating above and in contact with the luminal surface and the abluminal surface of the stent body, the prohealing coating comprising a prohealing agent that promotes cell growth; and an antiproliferative coating above and in contact with the prohealing coating that is above the abluminal surface of the stent body, the antiproliferative coating comprising an antiproliferative active agent, wherein the luminal surface of the stent body is free or substantially free of antiproliferative coating.