Patent ID: 7217255

Claim:
An embolic protection device for capturing embolic debris released into a body vessel of a patient, comprising: a shaft member having a distal end and a proximal end; and a filtering assembly rotatably mounted on the shaft member, the filtering assembly including an expandable strut assembly and a filter attached to the strut assembly for capturing embolic debris, the expandable strut assembly having a set of struts, each strut having a first end and a second end, a deployment member movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position; each of the first ends of the struts being attached to the deployment member at different locations along the deployment member and the struts being movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position, wherein the strut assembly and filter are mounted to a single tubular member rotatably mounted to the shaft member, the filter being movable with the set of struts and deployment member to the expanded position so that at least a portion contacts the wall of the vessel to capture embolic debris released into the body lumen and the deployment member is a pleated ring forming a substantially circular structure when placed in the expanded position.