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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
May. 08, 2020
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Matthew T. Winston, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Christopher J. Olson, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Asher L. Metchik, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Tri D. Tran, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Alexander J. Siegel, Irvine, CA (US);
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A delivery apparatus includes a steerable shaft having a pull-wire conduit. A pull wire extends through the pull-wire conduit. The steerable shaft includes one or more layers. A compression-resistance portion is incorporated into at least one of the one or more layers. A cross-section of the compression-resistance portion has an arcuate shape that extends along a portion of a cross-section of the steerable shaft. The compression-resistance portion has a hardness that is greater than a hardness of the one or more layers that the compression-resistance portion is incorporated into.