Patent ID: 8355777

Claim:
An implant assembly for deployment into a vessel at a location having an inner diameter D1 and for lodging in the vessel at a downstream location having a smaller inner diameter D2, the implant assembly comprising: an intracorporeal device having a first end and a second opposing end; at least one wire loop member comprising a deformable wire fixedly anchored to and extending outwardly longitudinally from at least one end of the intracorporeal device and positionable in an operative plane in a deployed position, wherein the deformable wire is configured to resiliently contact and form an interference fit with a portion of a wall of the vessel, and wherein, in the deployed position, the implant assembly has a diameter less than the inner diameter D1 but greater than or equal to the inner diameter D2, wherein the intracorporeal device is adapted to be permanently fixed relative to the position of the created interference fit within the vessel.