A collapsible blood filtering aortic arch bridge (1 8) comprising a dumbbell shaped chassis (46) having a tubular waist (50), a first conical end (38), and a second conical end (42) such that only a periphery of the first and second ends (38 and 42) contact the intima (34) of an aortic arch (26) when the bridge (18) is disposed and expanded within the aortic arch (26) of a patient. The waist (50) is flexible so that the bridge (18) can bend to comply with the curvature of the aortic arch (26). The bridge (18) additionally comprises a blood filtering sleeve (54) disposed over an interior or an exterior of the chassis (46) for filtering blood flowing through the bridge (18) into aortic arch vessels (14) of the patient when the bridge (18) is disposed within the aortic arch (26). Furthermore, the bridge (18) comprises a retrieval sleeve (58) disposed over the exterior of the chassis (46) for collapsing the bridge (18) to a cylindrical form for retrieval of the bridge (18) from the aortic arch (26).
