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First commercial brain-computer interface surgery performed at Shanghai’s Huashan Hospital
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CGTN reported on 16 July 2026 that the first commercial brain-computer interface surgery in China using the Neural Electronic Opportunity (NEO) system was performed at Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University in Shanghai. The report says the implant was certified as a Class III medical device on 13 March 2026, that the patient had a spinal cord injury from a car accident 10 years earlier, and that the hospital reported stable epidural electroencephalogram signals during the operation. The stated aim of the system is to help patients compensate for hand-grasping function.
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