Neuralink Says Implant Had Issues After First Human Surgery
- Connectivity problems made device less responsive to the brain
- Neuralink says it compensated for issue with software fixes
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In a setback for Elon Musk’s brain technology company, Neuralink Corp., the device it implanted in its first human patient has had mechanical issues, the company wrote in a blog post.
In the weeks following the January surgery on patient Noland Arbaugh, some of the electrode-studded threads that sit in the brain tissue began to retract from that tissue, the company said, resulting in the device not working properly.