Surgical articles, namely, embolic protection devices for treating and preventing anomalies in the vasculature of the body; implants consisting of artificial materials, namely, therapeutic and prosthetic articles and devices; devices for trans-catheter procedures, namely, distal occlusion devices, balloons and catheters, distal filters, distal baskets, distal nets, proximal occlusion devices, proximal balloons and nets; devices for trans-catheter aortic valve implantation or replacement for improving cardiac surgery and therapies, namely the reduction of the release of embolies by their deflection, capture and removal and the protection of the aortic surface and for treating and preventing anomalies in the vasculature of the body; devices for performing atrial fibrillation ablation; devices for atrial appendage closure; devices for mitral valve repair and replacement; intra-aortic emboli devices and protection articles, namely, embolic devices for treating anomalies in the vasculature of the body; blood filters, namely, intra-aortic emboli protection filter devices; devices for deflecting and capturing and removing of emboli particles, namely, blood clot reduction, deflection, capture and removal devices and articles