Patent ID: 8883183

Claim:
A biodegradable or non-biodegradable medical device comprising a substrate and a collagen inhibitor on or in said substrate, wherein said collagen inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of: mithramycin, mitomycin-c, tranilast, halofuginone and analogs thereof, wherein said device is a urethral catheter, ureteral stent, nephroureteral catheter, esophageal stent, tracheal stent, laryngeal/tracheal/pulmonary stent, nasal stent, salivary duct stent, biliary stent, enteric stent or nasolacrimal stent, and wherein said substrate is coated with said collagen inhibitor such that said collagen inhibitor is eluted from said medical device for a period of up to 8 days.