Patent ID: 6887258

Claim:
An embolic filtering device, comprising: a delivery device having, a first guide wire, the first guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end, and a second guide wire, the second guide wire having a proximal end and a distal end, the second guide wire being coupled to the first guide wire and projecting distally from a distal-end region of the first guide wire, the intersection between the first guide wire and the second guide wire forming a junction; a filter support having, a first expandable deployment member coupled to the first guide wire, and a second expandable deployment member coupled to the first guide wire; and a filter element having, an opening at a proximal end coupled to the filter support, a first leg extending distally toward the distal end of the first guide wire from the first deployment member of the filter support, and a second leg extending distally toward the distal end of the second guide wire from the second deployment member of the filter support; wherein the distal-end region of the first guide wire extends through the first leg of the filter element and the second guide wire extends through the second leg of the filter element.