Neuralink implants second paralysed patient with brain-chip

Clinical Trials Arena August 6, 2024
Robert Barrie

Founder and owner Elon Musk said the implantation went “extremely well” but remained tight lipped on further details.

Neuralink has successfully implanted a second patient with its brain-chip device, according to the company’s owner Elon Musk.

The brain-computer interface (BCI) is designed to give paralysed people the ability to control external secondary devices with thoughts.

Musk announced the news on a podcast, saying the procedure had gone “extremely well”. The start-up founder unveiled few other details, stating only the second participant had a spinal cord injury similar to the first patient implanted with the device earlier this year.

The device uses 1,024 electrodes to detect neural activity – Musk said that 400 of the implanted electrodes in the second patient...

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