Elon Musk's neurotech company Neuralink implanted its brain-computer interface device into a human patient for the first time on Monday. The patient is reportedly "recovering well" after the procedure, according to a post by Musk on X. Neuralink's device aims to help patients with severe paralysis control external devices with just their thoughts. The company received FDA approval for its first clinical trial involving humans in May and began recruiting patients last fall.
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00:02 Elon Musk's neurotech company Neuralink implanted its brain-computer interface device into a human
00:07 patient for the first time on Monday. The patient is reportedly recovering well after the procedure,
00:11 according to a post by Musk on X. Neuralink's device aims to help patients with severe
00:15 paralysis control external devices with just their thoughts. The company received FDA approval for
00:20 its first clinical trial involving humans in May and began recruiting patients last fall.
00:24 Neuralink has begun in-human clinical trials as a phase in its journey towards commercializing
00:29 its brain-computer interface technology.
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