Musk announces Neuralink's successful brain implant procedure in human recipient

Elon Musk the billionaire founder of Neuralink announced on Monday that the first human recipient of an implant from the brainchip startup underwent the procedure on Sunday and is recovering wellTaking to social media X Musk posted The first human received an implant from Neuralink yesterday and is recovering wellNeuralink was given clearance by the US Food and Drug Administration last year to conduct its first trial to test its implant on humansInitial results show promising neuron spike detection Musks post addedAccording to Neuralinks website it has received approval from the independent institutional review boardThe PRIME Study short for Precise Robotically Implanted BrainComputer Interface an investigational medical device trial for fullyimplantable wireless braincomputer interface BCI aims to evaluate the safety of our implant N1 and surgical robot R1 and assess the initial functionality of our BCI for enabling people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts according to the companys websiteDuring the study the R1 Robot will be used to surgically place the N1 Implants ultrafine and flexible threads in a region of the brain that controls movement intention Once in place the N1 Implant is cosmetically invisible and is intended to record and transmit brain signals wirelessly to an app that decodes movement intention The initial goal of our BCI is to grant people the ability to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone it also saidThe PRIME Study is being conducted under the investigational device exemption IDE awarded by the FDA in May 2023 and represents an important step in our mission to create a generalised brain interface to restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs it addedMusk and his company have already faced massive criticism for the trial of brain chips on lab animals In February 2022 the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine submitted a complaint alleging that Neuralink did invasive and deadly brain experimentsBy December of that year the company was being investigated by federal authorities for potential violations of animal welfare standards with documents indicating that the company had murdered around 1500 animals including rats monkeys pigs and mice since 2018Neuralink fought back against these very serious allegations claiming that the rhesus macaque monkeys under its care were respected and honoured by the teamThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever