Earlier this year, the cofounder and former president of Neuralink, Max Hodak, revealed he'd invested in Synchron after leaving Musk's startup.
Synchron implanted its first device into a US patient on 6 July in New York.Elon Musk's Neuralink has a similar mission, but has yet to receive FDA approval.Synchron, a brain-computer interface startup, reportedly implanted its first device in a US patient earlier this month — overtakingThe startup implanted a 38mm device into the brain of an ALS patient at Mount Sinai West medical centre in New York on 6 July,A spokesperson from Synchron did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The purpose of the device is to allow the patient to communicate — even after they have lost the ability to move — by using their thoughts to send emails and texts. Bloomberg reported that Synchron has already implanted the device in four patients in Australia who have been able to use the brain implant to send messages on WhatsApp and shop online.
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