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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Advanced Bariatric Technology, Llc, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Jesús R. Armenteros, Santo Domingo, DO;
C. Kenneth French, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Moises Jacobs, Miami, FL (US);
ADVANCED BARIATRIC TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Abstract
A bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions with insert portions, and a bight portion having a flexible hinge wherein the inserts are engaged via a magnetic force to retain the clamp in a closed position to partition the stomach. In another embodiment, the bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions and a bight portion having a flexible hinge, wherein the first and second elongated portions are curved to conform to a curvature of a patient's stomach. In another embodiment, the bariatric clamp may include substrate members overmolded in polymer forming first and second elongated portions each having one or more suture portions formed via one or more recesses formed in the substrate members.