a method is provided for altering a drug release profile of a coating of a medical device . the method includes determining the drug release profile of the coating of the medical device ; determining an increased surface area necessary to alter the drug release profile to an altered drug release profile ; and increasing a surface area of the coating of the medical device to obtain the altered drug release profile . a method is provided for improving a drug release profile of a coating of a medical device . the method includes determining an expected drug release profile of the coating of the medical device using first process parameters of a coating method ; determining an increased surface area necessary to obtain an improved drug release profile ; and altering the first process parameters to second process parameters of the coating method to achieve the increased surface area . a device is provided for altering a drug release profile of a coating of a medical device . the device includes an arrangement adapted to hold the medical device and an arrangement adapted to indent a surface area of the coating .