An apparatus for coating implantable medical devices, such as stents, and
a method of coating stents using the apparatus is also disclosed. The
apparatus includes a barrier or barriers for isolating an area of the
stent on which a composition for coating a stent is applied. Two coating
compositions can be applied simultaneously to a stent by separate nozzles
on different sides of a barrier. Cross-contamination of the compositions
is prevented by the barrier.