Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and a major development involving medtech reimbursement dominated medical device industry news over the past week. As the week closes out, there’s also a trending story on MassDevice that includes good news: Abbott (NYSE:ABT) is reportedly hiring 2,000 new employees in Illinois to increase manufacturing for its rapid COVID-19 test. Want to hear more about […]
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink moving forward with brain implant
Elon Musk is touting his Neuralink venture’s “Link” deep brain stimulator implant as a less invasive deep brain stimulation system — disclosing new details about the device. Neuralink had previously only described its technology in broad strokes, as “ultra-high-bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers.” During a press conference last year, Musk and company […]
Musk’s NeuraLink eyes 2020 human trials for brain implant
NeuraLink yesterday pulled back the curtain on the implant it hopes will wirelessly enable the human brain to control machines, reportedly including the robot-assisted implantation system it devised for its “neural lace” sensors, the sensors themselves and a chip designed to clean and amplify brain signals. The Elon Musk-backed company had previously only described its […]
Musk-led Neuralink raises $39m
Elon Musk-led brain implant developer Neuralink has raised $39.3 million in a new round of equity financing, according to a recently posted SEC filing. Neuralink aims to create “neural lace” technology, which uses tiny connected brain implants to use intractable brain disease and improve cognitive performance. The company is still in its early phases and […]
