LANGHORNE, Pa., Jan. 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Power Medical Interventions(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:PMII), a leader in developing and commercializing Intelligent Surgical Instruments(tm), announced today that the Court of Appeal of Dusseldorf, Germany has awarded the Company a provisional stay of enforcement in its ongoing patent infringement litigation with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a Johnson & Johnson company. This stay of enforcement grants PMI the right to recommence sales in Germany of the SurgASSIST circular stapler product in question. PMI had circular stapler revenues of approximately $700,000 in Germany for the twelve months preceding the stoppage of sales in May 2006.
