# Paralyzed patient undergoes first fully invasive BCI surgery at Tongji Medical College

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- China News Service, 2026-08-13 09:17 UTC
- Science
- Original: http://www.ecns.cn/cns-wire/2026-08-13/detail-ihfifqmx7361909.shtml

> A 55-year-old woman with high-level quadriplegia has become the first patient at Tongji Medical College in Wuhan to undergo fully invasive brain-computer interface surgery. Doctors implanted eight ultra-flexible electrodes in her motor cortex to capture movement-related signals and hope rehabilitation will restore fine upper-limb functions.