SHANGHAI: Four paralysed individuals have undergone surgery, the first of its kind in the world, involving the implantation of electrodes in the brain and spinal cord to build a "nerve bypass" between the two body parts, with an ultimate goal to restore their ability to walk independently.
The Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence of Fudan University, which developed the technology, said during a media interview on March 4 that the four patients underwent the clinical concept validation surgeries between Jan 8 and March 3 at Zhongshan Hospital and Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, respectively, and their conditions improved to varying degrees.
