About the successful implantation into the brain of a second patient Elon Musk he reported in a podcast Lex Fridman.
Second patient with Neuralink implant
“I don’t want to jinx it, but it looks like it went exceptionally well with the second implant,” Musk said. “There’s a lot of signals, a lot of electrodes,” he added.
The founder of such well-known companies as like Tesla, SpaceX and Nauralink during a conversation with Lex Fridman, he revealed some details about the second implant surgery. It turned out that the second patient’s surgery was originally scheduled for an earlier date, but doctors had to postpone it due to the patient’s condition, but it was not specified what exactly was going on.
– Neuralink expects to have implants in the brains of 10 patients by the end of this year. – announced Elon Musk.
Further advances in paralysis treatment
It is also known that the company is in during advanced trials with the restoration of limb function in people with paralysisbut these are possibilities other than those currently offered by Nauralink implants, i.e. the ability for the patient to move the cursor when he thinks about it.
– We have made great progress in sewing electrodes into the spinal cord, which is a potential solution in the event of spinal cord injury – he commented in the podcast Matthew MacDougallChief Surgeon at Neuralink.
As MacDougall explained, The mechanism works by having an implant in the brain interact with implants in the spinal cord to cause muscle contractions in previously paralyzed arms and legs. Neuralink previously demonstrated this mechanism in anesthetized animals, which showed the animals moving their legs as if they were walking. MacDougall added that this is just preliminary research.
What is Neuralink?
Neuralink is a neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk, which deals with developing and implanting brain-machine interfaces in human brains. Such a device is supposed to enable controlling phones and computers with your mind and is aimed mainly at patients after brain and spine injuries.
Elon Musk When asked about Nauralink, he said that the company’s implants would help create “a closer symbiosis between human and digital intelligence.”
The first patient to receive a Neuralink implant earlier this year is a tetraplegic patient.Noland Arbaugh. He said the implant improved his quality of life, for example by giving him the ability to play computer games.
