Patent ID: 8444626
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A catheter assembly, comprising: a) a handle housing; b) a lever actuator member pivotably coupled to the handle housing; c) a projection providing a projection surface extending outwardly from an internal portion of the handle housing; d) a pull wire anchor fixed to the lever actuator member at a proximal location with respect to the projection; e) a catheter body extending, in an undeflected state, distally along a longitudinal axis from the handle housing to a deflectable distal catheter portion; f) a pull wire extending along the longitudinal axis from a proximal pull wire end fixed to the pull wire anchor in the handle housing to a distal pull wire end at the deflectable distal catheter portion, g) the lever actuator member including the pull wire anchor fixed thereto being movable with respect to the projection surface of the projection from a first lever position to a second lever position, wherein: