Patent ID: 8728114

Claim:
An embolic protection device for deployment within a patient's aorta comprising: a panel of filter mesh material having a periphery, said panel being supported on a wire frame, the wire frame entirely surrounding the periphery of the panel of filter mesh material, and at least one structure connected to the wire frame configured to support the embolic protection device within the patient's aorta over the aortic arch vessels, the embolic protection device having a compressed position wherein the embolic protection device is compressed to a small diameter configured for insertion into the patient's aorta and an expanded position wherein the embolic protection is configured to device expand to a larger size within the patient's aorta, wherein when the embolic protection device is in the expanded position the at least one structure is configured to extend away from the panel of filter mesh material and to engage an aortic wall opposite to the aortic arch vessels to support the wire frame and the panel of filter mesh material within the aorta such that the wire frame is configured to conform to an inner wall of the patient's aorta and the filter mesh is configured to cover the ostia to allow blood to enter the sidebranch vessels but prevent embolic material from entering the sidebranch vessels.