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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2021
Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sean A McNiven, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Francisco Valencia, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Randolf von Oepen, Aptos, CA (US);
CEPHEA VALVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A steerable catheter has a body with an outer surface and an inner surface defining a central lumen. The outer surface and inner surface define a wall of the body, which has a plurality of steering lumen and control lumen extending longitudinally therethrough. The body includes a body material. The steering lumen and control lumen have a control lumen lining and steering lumen lining, respectively, with a higher durometer than the body material. A steering wire is positioned within the steering lumen and a control wire is positioned within the control lumen.