Patent ID: 6869438

Claim:
A gastric partition clip for clamping onto the stomach of a patient and dividing the stomach of the patient into an upper part communicating with the esophagus of the patient and a lower part communicating with the duodenum of the patient while reducing an amount of communication between the upper part of the stomach of the patient and the lower part of the stomach of the patient, said clip comprising a folded clip body; wherein said folded clip body has a clamping space; wherein said folded clip body has a mouth; wherein said folded clip body has an arched convex portion; wherein said clamping space of said folded clip body is adapted to keep the front and back walls of the stomach of the patient in a closed status with minimal compression; wherein said mouth of said folded clip body is adapted to guide the front and back walls of the stomach of the patient into said clamping space of said folded clip body; wherein said arched convex portion of said folded clip body projects outwardly from one side of said clamping space of said folded clip body; wherein said arched convex portion of said folded clip body is adapted to keep the front and back walls of the stomach of the patient in an open status allowing food eaten by the patient to pass from the upper part of the stomach of the patient to the lower part of the stomach of the patient; and wherein said arched convex portion of said folded clip body does not form part of an end of said folded clip body so as to divide said clamping space of said folded clip body into more than one clamping area.