The company has now reached a significant milestone, having received FDA approval to begin human trials. Long road to human trialsIn February 2021, Musk said Neuralink was working with the FDA to secure permission to start initial human trials later that year. Most of these concerns called for Neuralink to perform thorough and repeated testing and data collection over an extended period. Safe surgery – A precision robot known as Implant/r1 performs the surgical procedure to implant the Neuralink BCI. Harmful side effects – Once implanted, the Neuralink BCI must function as intended.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2023 14:58 UTC