Patent ID: 8257724

Claim:
A system for delivering a lipophilic agent to a desired area outside a body lumen in order to treat a disease manifesting itself in the body lumen or in organs connected to the body lumen, or to maintain patency of the body lumen, comprising: a medical device; a first lipophilic agent capable of penetrating the body lumen wherein the transfer coefficient of said first lipophilic agent is by an amount of at least 5,000 (μg/mL) −1 , wherein said first lipophilic agent comprises zotarolimus having one of the following structures: wherein said first lipophilic agent/medical device is placed adjacent to said body lumen; and wherein a therapeutically effective amount of said first lipophilic agent is delivered via the medical device to a desired area outside the body lumen where the medical device is placed within a subject.