Patent ID: 8617201

Claim:
Apparatus suitable for filtering emboli or performing thrombectomy, embolectomy or foreign body removal, comprising: an elongated member having a distal region; a first support hoop attached to the distal region, the first support hoop having an articulation region interposed between curved regions; a blood permeable sac affixed to the first support hoop so that the first support hoop forms a mouth of the blood permeable sac, wherein the blood permeable sac has a length; wherein the apparatus has a deployed state, wherein the first support hoop engages an interior wall of a patient's vessel, and a delivery state, wherein the apparatus has a contracted configuration to permit insertion within a delivery sheath; and wherein the first support hoop is folded at the articulation region when the apparatus is in the delivery state; wherein the blood permeable sac is affixed to the elongated member along a majority of the length of the blood permeable sac.