Matthew T. Winston,Christopher J. Olson,Asher L. Metchik,Tri D. Tran,Alexander J. Siegel
申请号:
US16870790
公开号:
US20200269017A1
申请日:
2020.05.08
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要:
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.