Here’s What Elon Musk Said After His Company Neuralink Successfully Implanted a Brain Chip in a Human:

(Reuters) -Elon Musk, the billionaire creator of the brain-chip business Neuralink, said on Sunday that the first human patient had gotten an implant and was doing well.

“Preliminary findings indicate encouraging neuron spike identification,” Musk said in a post on the social networking site X on Monday.

Neurons, which the National Institutes of Health defines as cells that employ chemical and electrical impulses to transfer information to and from the body throughout the brain, are the source of spikes in activity.

The company’s first human implant experiment was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration last year, marking a significant step toward its goal of assisting patients in overcoming paralysis and other neurological diseases.

Neuralink stated in September that it was approved to begin recruiting participants for the human study.

According to a recent statement from Neuralink, the project employs a robot to surgically implant a brain-computer interface (BCI) implant in a part of the brain that governs the desire to move. Its primary objective is to allow individuals to operate a computer cursor or keyboard with only their thoughts.

According to Neuralink, the “ultra-fine” threads in the implants assist in signal transmission throughout the subjects’ brains.

Elon Musk said in a different post on X that Telepathy would be the name of Neuralink’s first product.

In order to assess the safety of the implant and surgical robot, the business is conducting a study for its wireless brain-computer interface called PRIME Study.

A request for further information from Reuters was not immediately answered by Neuralink.

The business has been under pressure to examine its safety procedures. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) punished the corporation for breaking regulations pertaining to the transportation of hazardous commodities, according to a Reuters article earlier this month.

The company was estimated to be worth $5 billion in June of last year. However, veterinary records revealed problems with the implants on monkeys, including paralysis, seizures, and brain swelling. In late November, four lawmakers asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to look into whether Musk had misled investors about the safety of its technology.

On September 10, Elon Musk claimed on social media that “no monkey has died as a result of a Neuralink implant.” In order to reduce the danger to healthy monkeys, he said, the corporation selected “terminal” animals.