CCTV news: Under the guidance of the National Health Commission, many medical institutions in my country jointly released the "China Neurological Disease Report 2024" on November 1. The report covers 15 types of neurological diseases such as cerebrovascular disease and Parkinson's disease. At present, my country's scientific research institutions have made breakthrough progress in brain-computer interface research in areas such as refractory epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, and spinal cord injury.
A clinical trial of an epidural brain-computer interface is being carried out in the operating rooms of the National Medical Center for Neurological Diseases and Xuanwu Hospital. Starting in October 2023, Xuanwu Hospital and Tsinghua University have cooperated to conduct the world's first epidural brain-computer interface clinical trial. At present, the brain-computer interface clinical cohort study led by multiple medical institutions has completed the enrollment of patients, aiming to further verify the effectiveness, safety and other key issues of invasive brain-computer interface treatment options.
Zhao Guoguang, director of the National Medical Center for Neurological Diseases and president of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, said: "The implantation of brain-computer interfaces has been completed in 32 cases of quadriplegia. By collecting the signals of the patient's brain movements and thoughts, coupled with the real-time feedback of the exoskeleton scaffold, simulating his normal physiological conduction before the injury, we can say that we have initially seen some hope in repairing his injuries."
Currently, brain-computer interface technology has shown great potential in the field of medical and health, bringing new treatment hope and recovery pathways to a large group of patients with neurological diseases. Especially for the treatment and rehabilitation of limb movement disorders, consciousness and cognitive disorders, epilepsy and mental diseases, brain-computer interface technology has made important breakthroughs and made great progress.
Ji Xunming, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Peking Union Medical College, said: "Through in-depth systematic research on brain neural networks, coupled with brain-computer interface technology, we can overcome or overcome some important problems that were difficult to overcome in the past. Through new non-invasive methods Brain-computer interface can explore more human brain electrical activities and some new dynamic changes, which will play an important role in understanding the mechanism of human aging and how to enhance the functions of the elderly. ”
