China Matches Neuralink with BCI Implants, Sets $902 Pricing for Procedures
- CIBR and NeuCyber NeuroTech, in collaboration, aim to implant their Beinao No. 1 brain chip into a total of 13 individuals by the end of 2025, potentially surpassing Neuralink's patient data collection.
- China's ambition to set new global standards for brain-machine interfaces was announced last July by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, involving a committee and roadmap to establish official BCI standards.
- CIBR, based in Beijing, and NeuCyber NeuroTech have already implanted the Beinao No. 1 chip in three patients and are accelerating human trials, while Synchron leads in the number of human trials with 10 patients across the United States and Australia.
- Luo Minmin, director of CIBR and chief scientist at NeuCyber, stated that formal clinical trials involving around 50 patients are planned for next year after receiving regulatory approval, and also mentioned that Beinao had no ties to the Chinese military.
- These BCI companies are in an unspoken race to implant the most humans with BCI chips, with companies like Neuralink and Synchron backed by tech moguls such as Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates demonstrating brain chips enabling paralyzed patients to control robotic arms and transmit thoughts to computers, mirroring results across companies.
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