Power Medical Interventions Receives FDA 510(k) Marketing Clearance for i60RL Intelligent Surgical Instruments(tm)

LANGHORNE, Pa., Feb. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Power Medical Interventions(r), Inc. (NasdaqGM:PMII - News), a leader in developing and commercializing Intelligent Surgical Instruments(tm), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its 510(k) application for marketing its patented i60RL Intelligent Surgical Instrument. The i60RL Intelligent Surgical Instrument is the world's first reverse pivot linear cutter, designed to improve medical outcomes by providing surgeons with greater access to important anatomical sites that are currently difficult to reach. The i60RL will be available for applications throughout the digestive tract. The Company intends to launch the product in April 2009.

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