Patent ID: 7976561

Claim:
An intravascular device comprising: an intravascular platform comprising: a first proximal end and a second distal end; a first closed loop of wire positioned at the first end of the intravascular platform, the first closed loop configured to assume a shape lying substantially on a virtual cylinder of given diameter; at least one first connecting wire interconnected with, and extending from, said first loop toward the second end of the intravascular platform; and a second closed loop of wire positioned at the second end of the intravascular platform and interconnected with said at least one first connecting wire, the second closed loop configured to assume a shape lying substantially on the virtual cylinder at a position displaced from said first loop in a direction substantially parallel to an axis of the virtual cylinder; at least one second connecting wire interconnected with and extending distally away from the second closed loop of wire substantially parallel to the axis of the virtual cylinder; and an intravascular filter interconnected to said second loop of the intravascular platform via the at least one second connecting wire and extending distally away from the second end of the intravascular platform, said intravascular filter being supported by said second loop, wherein a portion of a widest part of the intravascular filter that is coupled to the at least one second connecting wire has an outer diameter that is smaller than the diameter of at least one of the first closed loop and the second closed loop.