Patent ID: 11931529
Assignee: ARAN BIOMEDICAL TEORANTA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A steerable medical device comprising:
a) a main shaft having a main shaft length extending from a main shaft proximal end to a main shaft distal end, wherein the main shaft comprises two or more lumens and at least two of the lumens define two conduits that extend from the proximal end of the main shaft to the main shaft distal end;
b) a pull ring secured at or adjacent to the distal end of the main shaft; and
c) a braided sheath surrounding a proximal portion of the main shaft length, wherein spaced proximally from the main shaft distal end, the braided sheath splits into at least two braided actuators, and wherein each of the at least two braided actuators comprises an outward actuator leg extending towards and connected to diametrically opposed anchor locations on the pull ring and a return actuator leg that extends through one of the two conduits to the main shaft proximal end.