China's first recipient of a high-resolution retina-based visual brain-computer interface implant is making steady rehabilitation progress more than two months after surgery at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, learning to recognize letters and navigate indoors.
A Chinese woman who had been nearly blind for almost 20 years became the first person in China to receive a high-resolution retina-based visual brain-computer interface implant in a clinical trial at Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital in May 2026. More than two months later, she is making steady rehabilitation progress, learning to recognize letters, practice writing, and move around indoors with increasing confidence.
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