Patent ID: 8852671

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a monolithic device comprising a stent and a severable support element; engaging the severable support element to a device configured to move the stent; followed by depositing a polymeric coating on the stent while the severable support element is engaged to the device, wherein the polymeric coating comprises one or more therapeutic agents that exhibit antiproliferative, antiinflammatory, immune modulating, antimigratoric, antineoplastic, antiplateletic, anticoagulantic, antifibrinic, antithrombonic, antimitotic, antibiotic, antiallergic, antioxidant, cystostatic effects; exhibit other pro-healing effects; or exhibit any combination of these effects; and followed by removing at least a portion of the severable support element from the stent wherein removing includes using a mechanical technique, wherein the removed portion of the severable support element is not part of any stent final product.