Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE

Abstract:

A catheter device includes a shaft having a steerable distal portion and a plurality of layers including a braided layer. A first pull-wire lumen is disposed at least partially within the braided layer, and a second pull-wire lumen is disposed at least partially within the braided layer. The first pull-wire lumen and the second pull-wire lumen are circumferentially spaced apart from each other in the steerable distal portion of the shaft.