Patent ID: 8114114

Claim:
An embolic protection device for deployment within a patient's aorta comprising: a substantially flat panel of filter mesh material supported on a wire frame, the wire frame encircling a periphery of the substantially flat panel of filter mesh material, the wire frame comprising at least one wire hoop configured for supporting the embolic protection device within the patient's aorta, the embolic protection device having a compressed position, wherein the embolic protection device is compressed to a small diameter for insertion into the patient's aorta, and an expanded position, wherein the embolic protection device expands to a larger size within the patient's aorta, wherein, when the embolic protection device is in the expanded position, the at least one wire hoop expands away from a plane of the flat panel of filter mesh material to a deployed position configured to support the wire frame and the panel of filter mesh material within the aorta such that the filter mesh material is adapted to cover ostia of sidebranch vessels connected to the patient's aorta and allow blood to enter the sidebranch vessels, but prevent embolic material from entering the sidebranch vessels, and wherein a portion of the at least one wire hoop extending away from the flat panel of filter mesh material is not covered by or directly attached to the filter mesh material.