Patent ID: 6976987

Claim:
A catheter comprising: a sheath including a proximal region, a distal-end region and a lumen throughout; a distal tip attached to the distal end of the distal-end region; a first steering tendon housed within the sheath, the first steering tendon having a first end attached to a first structure at the-distal-end region, and a second end located at the proximal region of the sheath, wherein movement of the first steering tendon in a proximal direction causes the sheath distal-end region to deflect; and a second steering tendon housed within the sheath, the second steering tendon having a first end attached to a second structure different from the first structure within the lumen of the distal-end region of the sheath at a point proximal to the attachment point of the first end of the first steering tendon, and a second end located at the proximal region of the sheath, wherein movement of the second steering tendon in the proximal direction causes the sheath distal-end region to deflect.