Company neural link reported that it was authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to test it brain implants in humans.
“It is an important first step that will allow our technology to help many people one day.The California-based company said on its Twitter account, adding that “clinical trial selections are not yet open.”
Neuralink, owned by millionaire Elon Musk, designs devices for the brain to communicate directly with computers.
Basically, these devices should serve to help people with paralysis or neurological disordersdescribes the agency ep.
“We’ve worked hard to prepare for our first human (implant) and we obviously want to be extremely careful and make sure it will work properly before we put the device into a human,” Musk said in a Neuralink presentation in December.
We are pleased to announce that we have received FDA approval to initiate our first human clinical trial!
This is the culmination of incredible work by the Neuralink team working closely with the FDA and represents an important first step that will one day make our…
—Neuralink (@neuralink) May 25, 2023
For the businessman, these implants should enable humanity tosymbiosis with the AI (Artificial Intelligence)” said a speech at a company annual conference in 2020.
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So far, the coin-sized prototypes have been implanted in animal skulls.
We test the thermal performance of our implants to ensure safety and improve efficiency. Here we take infrared images to detect hotspots on the underside of an implant during charging with the charging coil in different positions. Stay cool 😎 #techtuesday pic.twitter.com/nrEDMscyCO
—Neuralink (@neuralink) May 10, 2023
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