Embodiments of coatings for implantable medical devices, such as stents,
are disclosed. The devices may include at least one structural element
having an abluminal side, luminal side, and sidewalls between the
abluminal and luminal sides. The coating may include at least two
continuous coating layers. In some embodiments, the luminal side, and all
or a majority of the sidewalls are free of at least two of the coating
layers.