Paralysed man of spinal cord injury, once considered incurable, walked again in Shanghai’s Zhongshan Hospital. The “three in one” brain-spine interface uses electronic implants wirelessly transmit patient’s thoughts to his legs and feet via newly-created “neural bridge” on his spine.

Professor Jia’s team spent nearly three years developing a lightweight AI model to decode brain signals in real time and simulate right electrical stimulation to achieve muscle movement.

This is the first time such a complete system has been achieved worldwide. Early this year, the research officially entered the clinical concept validation phase.