Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a deflectable catheter shaft. The deflectable catheter shaft can include a tubular elongated body including a wall, an inner surface of which circumferentially surrounds and defines a central lumen extending a length of the tubular elongated body, the tubular elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a body distal end and a body proximal end. The deflectable catheter shaft can include a pullwire, wherein the pullwire includes a pullwire proximal end and a pullwire distal end, and wherein the pullwire extends along the tubular elongated body. The deflectable catheter shaft can include an anchor feature coupled to the pullwire distal end, wherein the anchor feature is embedded in the wall of the body distal end.
