LANGHORNE, Pa., Oct. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Power Medical Interventions(r), Inc. (``PMI''), a leader in developing and commercializing Intelligent Surgical Instruments, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared its 510(k) application for marketing the i60 Intelligent Surgical Instrument, a patented, first-of-its-kind surgical instrument for open and endoscopic surgery in gastrointestinal, gynecological, general abdominal, and thoracic surgical procedures for resection, transection, creation of anastomoses and for open occlusion of the heart's left atrial appendage