ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,127, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Advanced Bariatric Technology LLC (Coral Gables, Fla.).
"Surgical clamp and method of installation" was invented by Jesus R. Armenteros (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), Moises Jacobs (Miami), C. Kenneth French (Clifton, Texas) and Garrett Barker (Meridian, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of installing a bariatric clamp onto a stomach of a body including inserting the bariatric clamp into the body through an opening in the body, positioning a first elongated member of the bariatric clamp on a first side of the stomach, and positioning a second elongated member of the bariatric cl...