# Brain Implants Plus AI Restore Lasting Movement and Touch to a Paralyzed Man

Feinstein Institutes researchers report gains from a five-chip double neural bypass persisting more than two years, in a Nature Medicine paper.

- Published: 2026-07-22T05:47:02.310Z
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Keith Thomas, paralyzed from the chest down after a 2020 diving accident, can again grasp, lift, and drink from a cup on his own after joining a clinical trial at Northwell Health's Feinstein Institutes, as summarized on AI Post and reporte…

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