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Industry News

Keith Thomas can feel his dog: Feinstein's three-year double neural bypass lands in Nature Medicine

On 16 July 2026, Nature Medicine put on its cover a three-year follow-up of Keith Thomas of Massapequa, New York, who was implanted with five microelectrode arrays in March 2023 as the first participant in the Feinstein Institutes' 'double neural bypass' trial. The Chad Bouton team's paper reports that Thomas can now feed himself, drink from a cup, feel touch on his right wrist, and pet his dog Bow, with strength and sensation gains persisting more than two years after the stimulation was switched off.

Jul 18

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

Industry News

Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine join BrainGate, becoming the consortium's first Texas site and sixth team overall

Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine announced on 28 May 2026 that they have joined the BrainGate research consortium, the multi-institutional clinical brain-computer interface network founded by John Donoghue at Brown University. The Texas team is the sixth in the consortium and the first based outside the eastern and western US clusters. The Rice-Baylor work focuses on decoding cortical neural signals to operate assistive robotic devices that help people with tetraplegia eat and drink independently. The expansion lands the same week Donoghue was named a 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering co-laureate for his BrainGate-anchored work.

May 29