Tag: NEO

3 articles

Market Moves

Three Chinese BCI operators are in the IPO queue at once

Three Chinese brain-computer interface operators are simultaneously moving through IPO processes on two exchanges. Neuracle Medical Technology (博睿康技术(上海)股份有限公司) is the leader: its Shanghai STAR Market prospectus was accepted 11 June 2026 with a planned RMB 2.5 billion (~US$345M) raise. Neuracle received China's first commercial invasive BCI approval from NMPA in March 2026 (NEO-ONE SCI for spinal cord injury). BrainCo (强脑科技) filed a confidential Hong Kong Exchange application in January 2026 (joint sponsors CICC and UBS), with the September 2026 pricing calendar showing no imminent hearing. Arfysica Innovation (术理创新), led by female founder Wang Wei, registered STAR Market pre-IPO tutoring in early September 2026 with Huatai United Securities, entering the pipeline three months behind Neuracle at the earliest stage. Neuracle's disclosed prospectus reveals RMB 108 million 2025 revenue, all from non-invasive EEG systems, with the NEO invasive product still at zero commercial revenue and 32 patients implanted by end-2025.

Sep 14

Industry News

Chinese BCI programmes produced four tangible results in July

In one month, four separate Chinese brain-computer interface programmes each produced a public result. Neuracle wrote the world's first commercial prescription for an invasive BCI at Huashan Hospital on 13 July. NeuroXess ran a two-patient cross-city Chinese chess demonstration between Shanghai and Nanchang. StairMed's investigational trial put three quadriplegic patients into paid remote work. And at the World AI Conference in Shanghai, a paralysed fine-arts graduate from Shenzhen demoed a mind-controlled wheelchair he had built himself with LLM-assisted DIY.

Jul 31

Industry News

China performs first commercial Neuracle NEO implant

On Monday 13 July 2026, neurosurgeons at Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University performed the first commercial implantation of Neuracle's NEO brain-computer interface in a male patient with tetraplegia from a decade-old cervical spinal cord injury. The device is coin-sized, epidural, battery-free, and drives a pneumatic glove for hand grasping. Neuracle NEO is the world's first commercial invasive brain-computer interface implant for motor restoration in paralysis, following NMPA Class III market approval on 13 March 2026.

Jul 16