Patent ID: 8357081

Claim:
A gastric restraining device for treating excessive weight or obesity in mammals, comprising: a skirt having a top portion, a bottom portion, a left portion of a predetermined width, a right portion of a predetermined width, and a central portion of a predetermined width located between the left portion and the right portion, the width of the central portion being less than the width of the left portion and the width of the right portion, the skirt adapted to be positioned around and in contact with an internal stomach organ of a mammal to tightly engage the internal stomach organ when the left portion is in proximity to the right portion; a first clip attached to the right portion of the skirt; and a second clip attached to the left portion of the skirt and adapted to engage the first clip and maintain the left portion in proximity to the right portion, the skirt or the first and second clips completely covering an entire area between the left portion and the right portion when the left portion is in proximity to the right portion and the first and second clips adapted to be positioned around a greater curvature of the internal stomach organ, thereby preventing expansion of the internal stomach organ when the first clip is fastened to the second clip.