𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼-𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 🧠:
Synchron 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 Apple 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲
Mark, a 64-year-old man with ALS, successfully used his thoughts to control the cursor on the Apple Vision Pro as he played Solitaire, watched Apple TV & sent text messages using the Synchron BCI hands-free.
𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩?
Synchron's BCI is the 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 BCI to be implanted using the body's natural vascular system.
🪱Their BCI is implanted in the blood vessel on the surface of the brain’s motor cortex, via the jugular vein, through a minimally invasive endovascular procedure.
✅Once implanted, it is designed to detect and wirelessly transmit motor intent out of the brain, intended to restore the capability for severely paralysed people to control personal devices with hands-free point-and-click.
🤔𝙄𝙛 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨... 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤?
Blackrock Neurotech - Nearly all BCIs implanted in humans have used Blackrock’s technology—specifically the Utah Array. The Utah array is the core tech which received a Breakthrough Designation from the FDA in 2021.
Founders/CEO - Florian Solzbacher, Marcus Gerhardt
Paradromics Inc. - Their Direct data interface (DDI) is a BCI with both the data rate and the proximity to brain signals for advanced applications. The DDI will enable motor-impaired people to communicate and independently use a computer by translating their neural signals into synthesized speech, text, and cursor control.
Founders/CEO - Matt Angle
ONWARD Medical - The US FDA granted the ARCEX platform Breakthrough Device Designations for the improvement of upper and lower limb function, bladder control, regulation of blood pressure, and alleviation of spasticity in people with spinal cord injury.
Founders/CEO - G. Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Dave Marver
Neuralink - the chip uses thin, flexible threads equipped with 1,024 electrodes that record the activity of neurons. Surgical robots place threads to the cerebral cortex, responsible for the brain’s high-level processes, to ensure precise placement of electrodes.
Founders/CEO - Elon Musk
Precision Neuroscience - Their 'The Layer 7 Cortical Interface', is a scalable BCI. The Microelectrode array comprises 1024 electrodes ranging in diameter from 50 to 380 microns, connected to a customized hardware interface.
Founders/CEO - Benjamin Rapoport, Michael Mager
INBRAIN Neuroelectronics - Harnessing the potential of Graphene offers unprecedented selectivity and accuracy to effectively treat patients with neural conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and speech impairment. It requires fewer wires, minimizing invasiveness, and allows integration into ultra-soft flexible substrates.
Founders/CEO - Carolina Aguilar, Jose Antonio Garrido
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