Neuralink Brain Chip Implant Wires are now stable in the first patient, and Musk hopes for more human trials this year

The small son of the cerebral chip-Neurralink implant used in the first participant in the test managed by ELON MUSK \ said on Wednesday by the company's executive director.

In May, the company stated in 2016 that many small sons in the Noland Arbo brain, paralyzed from the shoulder of the accident, came out of their status."Once you do the brain surgery it takes some time for the tissues to come in and anchor the threads in place, and once that happens, everything has been stable," said Neuralink executive Dongjin "D.J." Seo.

So far, Arbaugh, based in Arizona, was the only patient to have received the implant, but Musk said he hopes to have participants in the high single digits this year. The company now takes risks attenuation measures such as skull sculpture and reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood at a normal level in patients, the company's leaders said in a live flow on the social media platform X.

 "In the implants to come, our plan is to sculpt the surface of the skull very intentionally to minimize the gap under the implant ... this will bring it closer to the brain and eliminate some of the tension on the filaments,” said Matthew McDougall, Neuralink’s head of neurosurgery.

Neuralink is testing its implant that will give paralyzed patients the ability to use digital devices while thinking for themselves. The device uses tiny wires thinner than a human hair to capture signals from the brain and translate them into actions, such as moving a mouse cursor on a computer screen.

Musk said during the live broadcast that the device would not harm the brain. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration raised concerns about the device's safety during its initial review several years ago, but ultimately gave the company the go-ahead last year to begin clinical trials in men.

The device now allows Arbo to play video games, surf the Internet and mentally move a cursor on his laptop, according to company blog posts and videos. Neuralink is also working on a new device that would require half the number of electrodes to be implanted in the brain to make it more efficient and powerful, executives said.