Patent ID: 8430904
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. An embolic protection device for deployment within a patient's aorta comprising: a substantially flat panel of filter mesh material supported on a wire frame, the wire frame surrounding a periphery of the substantially flat panel of filter mesh material, and at least one structure connected to the wire frame configured for engaging an interior wall of the aorta to support the embolic protection device within the patient's aorta, the embolic protection device having a compressed position wherein the embolic protection device is compressed to a small diameter for insertion into the patient's aorta and an expanded position wherein the embolic protection device expands to a larger size within the patient's aorta, wherein when the embolic protection device is in the expanded position the at least one structure expands away from a plane of the fiat panel of filter mesh material to a deployed position configured to support the wire frame and the panel of filter mesh material within the aorta such that the wire frame conforms to an inner wall of the patient's aorta and the filter mesh allows blood to enter the sidebranch vessels but prevents embolic material from entering the sidebranch vessels.