Depression Treatment Startup Says Implants Placed in Two Human Skulls
Motif's brain device was briefly embedded into human patients.
The Motif brain stimulator, as used in its first studies. It is 9 mm across, about the width of a pea.
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A surgical team in Houston says it has shown that it can use electrodes to stimulate a human brain without touching its surface, marking the latest development from a growing new crop of startups that aim to interface with people’s minds.
Earlier this year, doctors temporarily implanted a pea-sized device made by a startup called Motif Neurotech Inc. under the skull of a man in his 30s and used it to stimulate his brain. The surgery, performed at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, was the second in a human skull conducted by the Motif team.