Patent ID: 8062324

Claim:
An intra-vascular device to prevent a particle in the aorta from passing into a second blood vessel, said device comprising: a filter a substantially planar frame to hold said filter; and a plurality of bows extending outwards from a horizontal plane of said frame, said plurality of bows comprising one or more bows configured to extend upward from the horizontal plane of said filter, and one or more bows configured to extend downward from the horizontal plane of said filter, wherein said frame defines the shape of said filter; wherein frame is suitable to the held in contact with both an ascending aorta and a descending aorta; wherein said one or more bows configured to extend upward is suitable to contact a medial surface of a subclavian artery; and wherein said one or more bows configured to extend downward is suitable to contact a medial surface of the ascending aorta.