The first human brain implant on a patient has been accomplished, according to Elon Musk’s business, Neuralink, which he revealed on social media.
He indicated that the treatment was completed on Monday on social networking site X, and he added that the patient is “recovering well.”
The musk stated that neuron spike detection “enables control of your phone or computer, and through them almost any device, just by thinking,” and that the first studies indicated encouraging results.
Those who are limb-loss victims will be the first users. What if Stephen Hawking was able to speak more quickly than an auctioneer or speed typist? That is the objective.
He stated in the article that “telepathy” is the name of the company’s debut product.
The leading US agency granted the firm permission to carry out its first-in-human clinical study to implant a microchip in a human brain in May of last year.
The business was under investigation for allegedly murdering animals in brain implant trials, but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the study for first-in-human use.
The business began accepting participants for their clinical study in September 2023.
The PRIME Study, which stands for Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface, is an innovative medical device trial that aims to evaluate the safety of our fully implantable wireless brain-computer interface (BCI) and surgical robot (R1). Additionally, the trial aims to assess the BCI’s initial functionality in allowing people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts.
“The ultra-fine and flexible threads of the N1 implant will be surgically inserted into a part of the brain that governs movement intention during the research using the R1 robot. The N1 implant is meant to capture and wirelessly transfer brain impulses to an app that decodes movement intention once it is implanted. It is meant to be cosmetically undetectable. It had stated, “Our BCI’s initial objective is to enable people to use only their thoughts to control a computer’s keyboard or cursor.”
