Patent ID: 6945956

Claim:
A steerable catheter comprising a catheter hub and an elongated catheter body having a catheter body sidewall extending between a catheter body proximal end and a catheter body distal end, the catheter body further comprising: p 1 a delivery lumen liner having a delivery lumen extending between a delivery lumen entry port and a delivery lumen exit port at the catheter body distal end; a pull wire lumen liner having a pull wire lumen extending between a pull wire jacket port through the sidewall of the catheter body and a pull wire lumen distal end; a pull wire extend big from a pull wire proximal end through the pull wire jacket port and through the pull wire lumen to a pull wire distal end fixed to the catheter body at the pull wire lumen distal end; a continuous wire braid formed of wires braided over the delivery lumen liner and the pull wire lumen liner distal to the pull wire jacket port, braided around the pull wire jacket port to form a braid port, and braided over at least a portion of the delivery lumen liner proximal to the pull wire jacket port; and a polymeric sheath encapsulating the wire braid around the delivery lumen liner and the pull wire lumen liner.