The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Neuralink to implant a brain chip in a second person.
Neuralink expects to conduct the operation in June. More than 1,000 paralyzed people are registered on the company’s website, but only less than 100 of them can take part in the training. Collecting applications is not a problem.
In January of this year, Neuralink implanted the chip for the first time in Noland Arbaugh. A few days after the paralysis operation, Noland could already control the sensor on the computer screen using only his thoughts.
But after a month the chip stopped working. Most of the threads implanted in his brain had weakened and were no longer reading the electrical signals needed to transmit his thoughts while on the move.
It turned out that only 15% of the threads inserted into his brain remained in place. The company made changes to the software and was able to restore many of the device’s capabilities, including oxygen management.
A second Neuralink patient received an improved version of the chip that will be enhanced in the brain. This change is expected to avoid the situation that will occur with Noland.
In addition, Neuralink plans to pursue remote inquiries and requests in the UK in the coming months to obtain approvals for similar operations. [The Wall Street Journal]
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