Overview
- Neurosurgeons at University of Michigan Health completed the first permanent human implant of the Connexus brain‑computer interface in early June for a Michigan woman who has difficulty speaking from motor neuron disease.
- Connexus sits on the brain surface with 421 microscopic electrodes and uses a small transceiver implanted beneath the left clavicle to send neural data wirelessly to an external receiver.
- The procedure was done under the FDA‑authorized Connect‑One Early Feasibility Study and the participant will take part in training and monitoring for six years to measure safety and communication metrics.
- Paradromics and the clinical team expect to begin training and to see decoded speech signals produced by the device in the coming weeks while the participant recovers at home.
- The implant highlights wider questions about surgical risk, long‑term device durability, data privacy and future uses of BCIs as companies work to move fully implanted wireless systems from tests into regulated clinical care.