Patent ID: 7192434

Claim:
A protection device for use in a body lumen comprising: an elongate support member having a proximal end and a distal terminus and a stop positioned proximally of the distal terminus and dividing the elongate support member into proximal and distal portions; a proximal slider which is slideable over the proximal portion of the elongate support member, the stop limiting movement of the slider in a distal direction; a distal slider which is slideable over the distal portion of the elongate support member; and a functional element carried by the elongate support member, the functional element being expandable from a delivery configuration to an expanded deployed configuration when the functional element is deployed in the body lumen, the functional element having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the functional element being connected to the proximal slider, the distal end of the functional element being connected to the distal slider, the functional element having a body defining a cavity, the distal end of the elongate support member being contained within the cavity and being slideably received by the distal slider when the functional element is in the delivery configuration and when the functional element is in the expanded deployed configuration.