Tag: stroke

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Market Moves

Six-month-old Chinese BCI startup raises RMB 330 million angel round

Shanghai Active Technology, founded February 2026, closed a RMB 330 million angel round announced on 3 August 2026. Gasgoo and 36Kr describe the raise as the largest single angel round in the Chinese BCI sector to date, though the lead investor was not disclosed. The company is building a full-link invasive BCI with three product lines including a 1024-channel motor system called Tianshu, which has obtained a type inspection report and is preparing to launch clinical trials.

Aug 5

Industry News

Neuvotion launches first US commercial BCI-platform product this fall

On Monday 27 July 2026, Chad Bouton's Neuvotion announced the first US commercial launch of a product from a brain-computer interface platform. NeuStim NN-01, a wearable neuromuscular stimulator for hand recovery after stroke or C5 spinal cord injury, ships this fall. Neuvotion holds an exclusive worldwide license from the Feinstein Institutes, where Bouton is senior author of the 16 July Nature Medicine paper on the underlying double neural bypass platform. The intracortical BCI half of that platform, tested in one patient (Keith Thomas), remains investigational.

Jul 27

Industry News

FDA signals long-horizon regulatory commitment as CorTec joins Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program

Two weeks after securing Breakthrough Device Designation for stroke rehabilitation, CorTec has been accepted into the FDA's TAP — a dedicated advisory track that pairs the German neurotech company with an agency liaison and early engagement with CMS, signalling an unusually long regulatory horizon for an implanted brain-computer interface.

Apr 23

Industry News

Maharbiz Launches Epia Neuro, a Stroke-Focused BCI Built for Lifelong Assistive Use

Michel Maharbiz departed iota Biosciences on 1 April and has emerged with a San Francisco BCI startup targeting post-stroke upper-limb rehabilitation, with a 64-channel epidural array, motorised glove, first-in-human at Lenox Hill later this year, and an FDA submission targeted for February 2027.

Apr 22

Industry News

CorTec Wins FDA Breakthrough Designation for Stroke Rehab BCI, a First for the Indication

The German neurotech company becomes the first to receive FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for a brain-computer interface targeting motor recovery after stroke, with its closed-loop Brain Interchange system showing meaningful recovery in a Harborview Medical Center trial.

Apr 9

Industry News

Epia Neuro Launches With Read-Write BCI Platform for Stroke Rehabilitation

The startup, led by iota Biosciences founder Michel Maharbiz, is developing a minimally invasive brain-computer interface that pairs neural decoding with a motorized grip-assist glove to restore movement after stroke.

Apr 3

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