in a manner that is uniform reproducible and does not degrade the therapeutic agent in addition the placement of therapeutic agents onto the device at the point of care cannot be technique dependent nor require specialized skill or unusual attention by attending medical personnel it is anticipated that many point of care device coatings intended to provide a therapeutic effect and enhance the action of the device will be applied to the device during or immediately prior to a surgery or other invasive procedures as stated above the present invention is directed to an apparatus for coating medical devices such as with a polymer and or therapeutic agent at the point of care the invention provides for a coating chamber which is positionable in a docking station the environmentally controlled device coating chamber may contain a port for adding the coating material while maintaining sterility of the device chamber and solution and a heater to provide temperature controlled heat for the film formation process it may also contain a stirring means e g a magnetic field driven stirrer for thoroughly mixing the polymer and the therapeutic agent prior to the coating process a second heater may be contained in the base of the coating chamber for heating the coating solution to a specific temperature before the coating process begins the coating chamber can incorporate a reservoir.