Apparatus for imparting physician-determined shapes to...

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2006-07-11

2006-07-11

Barrett, Thomas (Department: 3738)

Surgery

Miscellaneous

Methods

C623S023640

Reexamination Certificate

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07073511

ABSTRACT:
A tubular sleeve is provided for enabling a physician to impart a preselected shape in an implantable tubular device, such as a cardiac lead, a catheter or some other tubular structure. The sleeve may be deformed by the surgeon before or at the time of implantation to customize the shape of the tubular device to the particular anatomical structures to be encountered by the device. To retain the deformation imparted by the physician, the sleeve may be composed of a heat-sensitive shape-memory material or an elastomeric material provided with a plastically deformable rib.

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