China approves launch of world’s first brain-computer interface medical device for paralysis patients

China’s drug regulator said on Friday that it has given the nod for a brain-computer interface (BCI) system that helps restore hand-movement ability to be sold, the world’s first approval of a BCI device for commercial use.

The device is made by Borui Kang Medical Technology (Shanghai) and its tech aims to restore movement and communication to humans suffering from different forms of paralysis.