Patent ID: 8876877

Claim:
A prosthesis delivery catheter comprising: a catheter shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end having a distal anchor; a steering member receiving opening disposed in said distal anchor; a steering member extending along said catheter shaft from said distal anchor to a handle at said proximal end of said catheter shaft; a release member extending along said catheter shaft from said distal anchor to a handle at said proximal end of said catheter shaft; wherein said release member in a lock position has a distal end disposed to prevent a distal end of the steering member disposed in said steering member receiving opening from separating from said steering member receiving opening in said distal anchor, wherein when said release member is moved to a release position said distal end of said steering member is not prevented from separating from said steering member receiving opening in said distal anchor, and wherein when the steering member is disposed in said steering member receiving opening in the locked lock position, the steering member is configured to be placed in tension by steering tabs disposed in the handle such that tension applied to the steering tabs causes tension in the steering member to shorten a length of the catheter on the side of the steering member causing the catheter to bend.