Tag: brain-spine-interface

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Market Moves

ONWARD Medical posts EUR 2M Q1 revenue, advances ARC-BCI to seven implanted participants, begins Empower BP pivotal at Craig Hospital

ONWARD Medical reported Q1 2026 results on 26 May 2026 with EUR 2.0 million in revenue (EUR 1.3 million ARC-EX systems across 100+ clinics, 70 systems supplied including first home-use shipments to US VA patients), two additional ARC-BCI participants bringing the total to seven, and first participant enrolled plus first implant in the Empower BP pivotal study at Craig Hospital, Denver. The company holds EUR 53.4 million in cash before adding over EUR 40 million from the April equity raise, extending runway into Q1 2028.

May 27

Research

Chinese paraplegic patient regains partial sensation and movement one year after world-first combined Beinao-1 BCI and brain-spine interface surgery

A paraplegic patient who in May 2025 became the world's first to simultaneously receive the invasive Beinao No.1 brain-computer interface and a temporally programmed spinal cord stimulation system has improved from complete to incomplete spinal cord injury (ASIA Grade A to ASIA Grade C) after one year of staged rehabilitation, the Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University team disclosed on 22 May 2026.

May 24