NeuroXess Launches China's First Fully Implantable, Wireless, and Multifunctional Brain-Computer Interface, Reaching Global Leadership

NeuroXess Founder and Chief Scientist Tao Hu Lost in a Gaming Match Against a Paralyzed Patient Who Is Completely Immobilized Below the Shoulders. This patient is a trial participant of China’s first fully implanted, fully wireless, and full-featured brain-computer interface product, which is also the second of its kind globally.

On December 13, at the Tianqiao Brain Science Research Institute's Brain-Computer Interface and Artificial Intelligence Forum and the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Neuroscience Society's Brain-Computer Interface and Interaction Branch, a new breakthrough in brain-computer interface technology, independently developed by NeuroXess, was officially released. This achievement not only fills the technical gap in this field in China but also offers higher safety and is more clinically promotable compared to Neuralink Corp's first international product.

【Fully Implantable, Fully Wireless, Full Functionality】

The brain-computer interface product that has achieved this clinical breakthrough features three major characteristics: fully implantable, fully wireless, and full functionality. All core modules (including the battery) are completely implanted inside the body, with no cables or interfaces exposed on the surface, physically eliminating the risk of infection caused by exposed systems. The product integrates wireless power supply and wireless data transmission functions, allowing patients to use it without being tethered to any external devices. This means that during postoperative recovery and daily life, patients can achieve real-time interaction through thought without needing to connect or wear any external devices, gaining "wireless freedom" in movement and dignity. "Patients can use their thoughts to scroll through videos, browse the web, play games, and even connect to airbag gloves, smart wheelchairs, smart home systems, and humanoid robots."Robot"and other physical devices, creating an 'extended body' ecosystem centered around the user’s intent." said Tao Hu. This is precisely due to the product's integration of EEG acquisition, EEG processing, wireless data transmission, wireless energy transmission, rechargeable battery, and other functions. Based on its self-developed plug-in brain-computer interface operating system, it demonstrates strong openness and expandability.

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The first clinical trial of this brand-new brain-computer interface product was successfully completed under the leadership of Mao Ying and Chen Liang's team from Huashan Hospital, Fudan University.

One day after surgery, the patient was transferred to a general ward, and on the fifth day post-operation, the first activation successfully achieved mind control. After systematic training, the patient's brain-controlled decoding rate reached 5.2 bits per second, comparable to international top levels.

Compared with Neuralink Corp's products, what technological innovations does NeuroXess have?

Tao Hu introduced that Neuralink Corp concentrates all the devices implanted in the body in the brain area, which poses a significant potential risk to the brain. In contrast, NeuroXess innovatively places the battery module under the skin of the chest, an area more tolerant to temperature changes and farther from the brain, significantly enhancing the system's safety and providing patients with more reliable long-term usage assurance.

Neuralink Corp's product requires the assistance of a newly developed surgical robot, and the implantation surgery is complex; whereas NeuroXess adopts the mature method of deep brain stimulation, with a simpler surgical paradigm, making it easier to promote in clinical settings.

Moreover, the team integrated advanced AI large model algorithms, significantly improving the accuracy and generalization ability of EEG signal decoding. On this basis, they successfully overcame the key technology of "real-time language decoding," paving a new way for helping aphasia patients restore their language communication abilities in the future.

The breakthrough in technology is ultimately for serving humanity. The first 28-year-old subject, who had been paralyzed from the neck down, had spent eight years bedridden and completely dependent on others for daily life. Now, he has regained hope for life.New Hope"We firmly believe that brain-computer interfaces should not be tools for showing off technology, but bridges connecting life and hope," said Tao Hu. This clinical breakthrough has validated the correctness of their chosen technical route, which is "safer, more open, and more human-oriented."

Original Title: Breaking into the Global Top Tier, NeuroXess Releases China's First "Fully Implantable, Fully Wireless, Fully Functional" Brain-Computer Interface Product