Neuralink: on the way to the next stage of brain implant

It was via a post on X that Neuralink announced the news. Elon Musk's company was authorized and immediately launched a feasibility study which should seriously advance the possibilities around its N1 brain implant. There is indeed a question of associating this chip with a “experimental assistive robotic arm”. Potentially helping many people around the world.

A first step to regain physical freedom

For the firm, this is a “important first step towards restoring not only digital freedom, but also physical freedom”. The objective is in particular to allow paralyzed people to regain their lost mobility.

Additionally, Neuralink announced that it is allowing participants from its ongoing PRIME study to join this new feasibility test, CONVOY. PRIME consists of integrating an invisible implant into a part of the brain managing movement in order to control computer terminals by thought. By the end of the year, eight new patients should benefit from it, currently two in number (implemented last January and August).

Neuralink expands outside the United States

On November 20, Neuralink also announced that it had received authorization to launch its PRIME program for the first time internationally thanks to an initial agreement with Canada. According to a source, Canadian neurosurgeons are already seeking regulatory approvals to recruit six patients suffering from paralysis to voluntarily integrate the start-up's brain implant.