THE BRAIN-IMPLANT COMPANY GOING FOR NEURALINK’S JUGULAR

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Synchron has a brain-computer interface that promises to provide an invaluable communication method to people with severe paralysis without open brain surgery. The device is delivered like a stent, inserted into the jugular vein in the neck and then moved to a blood vessel near the brain's motor cortex. It allows people who suffer from brain-stem stroke or degenerative diseases to do basic computer tasks like sending messages and accessing digital health services without moving a muscle. The company is now in the middle of a US-based feasibility study, which, if successful, could lead to a larger study that will determine whether the device gets approved for clinical use.