Elon Musk’s neuralink has received approval to launch its first clinical brain trial in Canada.
The device will give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking.
What will be the aim of the Canadaian Study?
Neuralink said the Canadian study aims to assess the safety and initial functionality of its implant which enables people with quadriplegia, or paralysis of all four limbs, to control external devices with their thoughts.
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About Neuralink in the United States
Neuralink has already been implanted in two patients in the United States.
The company said the device is working well in the second trial patient, who has been using it to play video games and learn how to design 3D objects.
About Neuralink
It was founded in 2016 by Elon Musk and a group of engineers.
Neuralink is a building brain chip interface that can be implanted within the skull, which could eventually help disabled patients to move and communicate again, restore vision as well.
After neuralink is implanted in the skull, where it receives information from neural threads that fan out into different sections of a subject’s brain in control of motor skills.
In the future, the company will also develop an app that would allow a person to manipulate a keyboard and mouse using only their mind.
Neuralink implanted its first device in patient’s brain in 2024.
