An apparatus and system for delivering a lipophilic agent associated with
a medical device including: a medical device, a first lipophilic agent
capable of penetrating a body lumen, wherein the transfer coefficients of
the first lipophilic agent is by an amount that is statistically
significant of at least approximately 5,000, wherein the first lipophilic
agent is associated with the medical device, wherein the first lipophilic
agent/medical device is placed adjacent to said body lumen, and wherein a
therapeutically effective amount of the first lipophilic agent is
delivered to a desired area within a subject. Furthermore, the invention
relates to a method for improving patency in a subject involving
placement of a medical device in a body lumen for treating and/or
preventing adjacent diseases or maintaining patency of the body lumen.