China has made a major breakthrough in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, which directly connects the human brain to the computer. This technology can prove to be a boon for people suffering from diseases like paralysis. While American businessman Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, is currently conducting clinical trials on humans in the US, China has made considerable progress in this field. China claims to have successfully implanted the world’s first commercial brain chip into a patient’s brain.
According to a report in *South China Morning Post*, this surgery is not just a clinical research project or experiment; This device has received full approval for commercial sale and use.
**China’s brain chip advances from clinical trials**
This surgery was done at the famous Huashan Hospital in Shanghai. The patient in whom this chip was implanted had a car accident ten years ago, in which his hands stopped working due to spinal cord injury. A coin-sized brain chip named “NEO” was implanted in the patient’s brain. This chip has been made by Shanghai startup company ‘Neural Medical Technology’.
**How does this chip work?**
Unlike Neuralink’s device, this chip does not penetrate delicate brain tissue; Rather, it is applied on the outer surface of the brain, making this method safer. This device reads brain signals and converts them into hand movements, allowing patients to move their hands again. According to the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, the patient’s condition is fine after the surgery and all body functions…
