Patent ID: 7927349

Claim:
An embolic protection filter comprising: a filter body having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end of the filter body having one or more inlet openings sized to allow blood and embolic material enter the filter body, the outlet end of the filter body having a plurality of outlet openings sized to allow through passage of blood but to retain undesired embolic material within the filter body; and a filter support movable between a collapsed position for movement through the vascular system and an extended outwardly projecting position to support the filter body in an expanded position; wherein in the extended outwardly projecting position, the filter body being configured for circumferential apposition with an interior wall of a vasculature along an apposition path which extends around the full circumference of the filter in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filter, and a portion of the filter support is wrapped with a radiopaque coil.