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After 14 years of research, the team developed NeuroWorm, a bioinspired worm-like dynamic electrode, with the research published in Nature. It breaks the "static" tradition of implantable electrodes and opens a new direction for the research and application of brain-computer interface electrodes.

As fine as a human hair and soft and stretchable, the electrode can navigate intracranial microvessels into position, enabling multi-target monitoring and modulation in deep brain regions while addressing electrode displacement, limited repositioning, and long-term implantation risks.

Led by Professor Liu Zhiyuan of SIAT, corresponding author of three Nature papers and originator of the drivable worm-like fiber electrode, the team integrates engineering, clinical medicine, and industrialization experience.

Products such as stretchable EMG electrodes and viscoelastic hair-penetrating electrodes have been deployed in cooperation with leading international companies, with revenue expected to exceed ten million RMB in 2027.