Elon Musk has revealed that his mind chip firm, Neuralink, has put in its second implant right into a human affected person, as shared throughout a podcast this week.
Musk introduced the information of a second Neuralink mind implant affected person on Friday throughout a podcast episode with Lex Fridman, during which he alluded to “the second implant” being profitable to date. The sweeping dialog lasts over eight hours, although Musk shared the element close to the start of the video, in response to Fridman asking how rapidly Musk thought the variety of human members would scale.
“I don’t need to jinx it, nevertheless it appears to have gone extraordinarily nicely with the second implant,” Musk mentioned. “So there’s a whole lot of sign, a whole lot of electrodes. It’s working very nicely.”
The implant comes as part of Neuralink’s PRIME Examine, during which it’s performing medical trials with the implant know-how on sufferers who’re quadriplegic as a result of both spinal wire harm or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALC). The objective of the implants is to assist sufferers be capable of management an exterior machine, resembling a pc mouse, utilizing solely their ideas.
You may take a look at the complete Lex Fridman podcast episode with Elon Musk under, during which the 2 talk about Neuralink and its mind implant know-how at size.
Musk additionally mentioned final month that he thought there may very well be over 1,000 people with Neuralink implants by 2026, as acknowledged on X.
Neuralink formally put in the primary mind implant into affected person Noland Arbaugh in January, after gaining FDA approval to start medical trials final Could and beginning the recruitment course of in September.
Previous to the implant, Arbaugh had to make use of his mouth and a stylus to manage exterior gadgets, although the Neuralink product has since allowed him to manage a pc mouse utilizing his ideas. Arbaugh has since reported feeling enabled to hunt monetary help for himself and his household for the primary time since turning into quadriplegic, including that he was keen to cut back his reliance on these round him.
Neuralink gained FDA approval to put in an implant right into a second affected person in Could, and that is the primary time we’ve heard of the second affected person getting the brain-computer interface (BCI).
Dubbed the Precise Robotically Implanted Mind-Pc Interface (PRIME) examine, Neuralink final 12 months set the next circumstances for members:
- Sufferers with an lively implanted machine (pacemaker, deep mind stimulator (DBS), and so on.)
- People who’ve a historical past of seizures
- Individuals who require MRIs for an ongoing medical situation
- Individuals who’re receiving transcranial magnetic
Those that are desirous about collaborating within the examine can apply to affix the corporate’s affected person registry on its web site.
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