| abstract |
A steerable catheter and methods of fabrication including a catheter body (12) formed of a continuous wire braid formed of wires braided over a delivery lumen (24) liner and a pull wire lumen (26) liner distal to a pull wire jacket port (32), braided around the pull wire jacket port to form a braid port (90), and over at least a portion of the delivery lumen liner proximal to the pull wire jacket port. A pull wire (30) extends from a pull wire proximal end through the pull wire lumen port and through the pull wire lumen to a pull wire distal end. A band is attached to the pull wire distal end and fitted over a distal segment of the wire braid proximal to the catheter body distal end to fix the pull wire distal end to the catheter body. |