Patent ID: 7214383

Claim:
A stent for intraluminal placement within an artery and subseciuent exvansion for implantation in a patient, comprising; a. a main body oortion having a first end and a second end, for defining a passage for flow of blood there-through, b. the main body nortion having an inner lumen surface and an outer lumen surface, the outer lumen surface coming into contact with the endothelium and delivering a drug composition on the outer lumen surface directly only to the endothelium for providing cell surface antithrombotics activity, and the inner lumen surface free of the drug composition, wherein the anticoagulation activity in the blood plasma of a patient is not appreciably increased, and wherein the outer lumen of the stent is coated with one or more layers of one or more drugs, and wherein a drug layer is comprised of Rhamnan Sulnhate.