Patent ID: 7288100

Claim:
Gastric clamp for Vertical Band Gastroplasty (V.B.G.) and gastric By-pass with a minor curve and a cushioned surface comprising a frame in which two articulated plates, an automatic closing system at an end of both plates, a sealing or reinforcement system in the form of a female part that embraces an open end of the plates along a length of 1.25 cm once the plates are in the closed position, a curvilinear configuration of blunt edges with a flat internal surface, a system for fixing the plates to the stomach located on a right edge of each plate having a wide part located on an upper end of each plate and a wide part located on a lower end of each plate, each wide part having two holes that allow for the passage of button sutures, and an overall covering are included, whereby both plates are articulated at the lower end by means of a hinge system with a stop that permits rotation of 180 degrees over the axis.