Absorb is  a Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) system that elutes everolimus in a similar way to XIENCE V and then resorbs naturally into the body leaving no permanent scaffold*. Absorb is comprised of four key design elements: a bioresorbable scaffold, a bioresorbable coating, everolimus and the XIENCE V delivery system.
Absorb  defines a new paradigm - Vascular Reparative Therapy (VRT). VRT is designed to restore the vessel to a more natural state§, making natural vascular function possible.  While stenting performance is characterized by a single phase of revascularisation, Absorb was designed with the premise of working in three phases to deliver VRT.