First person to implant a Neuralink chip into a human brain: Elon Musk
Elon Musk, the creator of the brain-chip firm, claims that Neuralink successfully implanted a chip in a human patient's brain for the first time earlier this week.
"Preliminary findings indicate encouraging neuron spike identification," Musk said in a post on the social networking site X on Monday.
Neurons, which the National Institutes of Health defines as cells that employ chemical and electrical impulses to transfer information to and from the body throughout the brain, are the source of spikes in activity.
A crucial step toward the startup's goal of assisting patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted the business permission to carry out its first study to test its implant on humans last year.
Neuralink stated in September that it was approved to begin recruiting participants for the human study. According to a recent statement from Neuralink, the project employs a robot to surgically implant a brain-computer interface (BCI) implant in a part of the brain that governs the desire to move. Its primary objective is to allow individuals to operate a computer cursor or keyboard with just their thoughts.
According to Neuralink, the "ultra-fine" threads in the implants aid in signal transmission throughout the subjects' brains. Elon Musk said in a different post on X that Telepathy will be the name of Neuralink's initial product.
In order to assess the safety of the implant and surgical robot, the business is conducting a study for its wireless brain-computer interface called PRIME Study.