proximal portion of the stem outer surface a second coating including the bone ingrowth promoting material and the bioabsorbable material is disposed on a distal portion of the stem outer surface the ratio of bone ingrowth promoting material to bioabsorbable material in the first coating is greater than the ratio of bone ingrowth promoting material to bioabsorbable material in the second coating whereby the affixation of the bone to the proximal zone of the stem is faster and stronger over time than the affixation of the bone to the distal zone of the stem application_number US 22562402 A description the present invention is directed to coated prostheses methods for affixing a prosthesis to a bone and methods for implanting a prosthesis in a bone the methods and prosthesis illustrated and described herein are for the implantation of the femoral prosthesis component of an artificial hip joint in the femoral medullary canal however it should be understood that the methods and prostheses according to the invention can be used in the repair of any bone or in connection with the implantation of prosthetic devices at or in any bone in the body adjacent to or remote from any joint including without limitation the hip knee and spinal joints further the methods and prostheses according to the invention can be used in primary surgery in which a prosthesis is being used to reconstruct a joint for the first time as well as in revision surgery in which a previously implanted prosthesis is being replaced with another prosthesis press fit cement or other fixation techniques can be employed in conjunction with the methods and prostheses according to the invention referring first.