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DOBI Medical International to Exhibit ComfortScan(R) System at the 2006 European Congress of Radiology

Posted on: Monday, 27 February 2006, 09:00 CST

DOBI Medical International, Inc. (DBMI.OB) will exhibit its latest Dynamic Optical Breast Imaging (DOBI(R)) technology, known as the ComfortScan(R) system, at the 2006 European Congress of Radiology (ECR), March 3-6, at the Austria Center Vienna (Booth 25, Extension Expo A).

More than 90 countries are expected to participate in the eighteenth annual conference, through scientific papers, scientific exhibits and educational exhibits. Attendees include radiologists, hospital administrators, radiographers and physicists. The European Congress of Radiology is one of the most prominent radiology events in Europe and is now one of the largest scientific meetings in the world.

According to the European Network of Cancer Registries, breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women worldwide and the most common cancer among females in Europe. It is estimated that breast cancer is responsible for 18% of all cancer deaths in Europe.

The ComfortScan system is a near-infrared based, noninvasive and nonionizing imaging system designed to be used along with mammography to improve the diagnosis of breast cancer, by identifying tumor angiogenesis, or the growth of new blood vessels, often associated with cancer.

DOBI Medical currently has distribution agreements in place in 16 countries, and several others pending. The European distribution network includes the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands and Russia.

About DOBI Medical International, Inc.

DOBI Medical is a developmental stage, medical imaging company working to create a new means for the improved diagnosis of malignant breast disease through the identification of abnormal vascularization ("angiogenesis") associated with tumors. The Company's first application of the technology is the ComfortScan(R) system, a gentle, noninvasive, and nonionizing, optical imaging system designed to assist physicians in the identification and management of breast cancer as an adjunct to screening mammography. The ComfortScan system is intended to achieve this by providing new, physiology-based imagery of abnormal vascularization in the breast that is not readily available today. The ComfortScan system has CE Mark and UL designations, and DOBI Medical is a certified ISO 9001:2000, ISO 13485:2003 and CAN/CSA:ISO 13485 company. The ComfortScan system is not yet commercially available in the U.S. as it is limited by U.S. law to investigational use until approved by the FDA, which cannot be guaranteed. Sales of the ComfortScan system to international distributors are limited to sales for investigational use for installation at clinical trial sites. For more information on DOBI Medical International or the ComfortScan system, visit www.dobimedical.com.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements contained in this press release may contain information that includes or is based upon certain "forward-looking statements" relating to our business. These forward-looking statements represent management's current judgment and assumptions, and can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are frequently accompanied by the use of such words as "anticipates,""plans,""believes,""expects,""projects,""intends," and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including without limitation, those relating to our ability to timely and successfully complete our U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") patient Pre-Market Approval ("PMA") clinical trials, as well as our other clinical trials being conducted around the world; our ability to timely and successfully complete and submit to the FDA our PMA application of the PMA clinical trial results; the timely and final approval by local foreign governments of our ComfortScan system as an adjunct to mammography in various international markets; the success and continued improvements of our product development and research efforts, including without limitation, our ability to timely and successfully release version 2.0 and subsequent versions of our ComfortScan system; our ability to timely meet U.S. and foreign government laws and industry standards; our ability to meet U.S. and foreign medical device quality regulation standards required to maintain our CE Mark, and ISO, UL and FDA export certifications; our ability to timely deliver our products into international markets; the acceptance, adoption, and use of our ComfortScan system by physicians, imaging clinics, and patients; and our ability to obtain third-party reimbursement from U.S. and foreign governments and private payers.

Any one of these or other risks, uncertainties, other factors, and any inaccurate assumptions, may cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein or elsewhere by us. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. Certain of these risks, uncertainties, and other factors are described in greater detail in our filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we strongly urge you to read and consider, including the "Risk Factors" as set forth in our 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, which may be accessed from our website at www.dobimedical.com. Subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth above and elsewhere in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We expressly disclaim any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Source: Business Wire

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