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A gastric partition clip having a folded clip body made of stainless steel for clamping on the body of a patient's stomach to divide a stomach pouch from an upper part of the body of the stomach for enabling food eaten by the patient to pass from the esophagus to the distal stomach and the duodenum

A gastric partition clip having a folded clip body made of stainless steel for clamping on the body of a patient's stomach to divide a stomach pouch from an upper part of the body of the stomach for enabling food eaten by the patient to pass from the esophagus to the distal stomach and the duodenum through the stomach pouch via an outlet in the stomach pouch. The clip body defines a clamping space adapted to keep the front and back body walls of the body of the stomach in a closed status without compression, and a mouth adapted to guide the front and back body walls of the stomach into the clamping space.

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1. 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 uppe

1. 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. 2. The clip as defined in claim 1, wherein said folded clip body is an open frame formed of an endless wire rod.3. The clip as defined in claim 1, wherein said folded clip body is formed of a strip member.4. The clip as defined in claim 3, wherein said folded clip body has a plurality of through holes.5. The clip as defined in claim 1, wherein said folded clip body is made of stainless steel.