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...http://www.google.se/patents/US6024764?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6024764 - Apparatus for imparting physician-determined shapes to implantable tubular devices
