Elon Musk’s Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Implant Startup Neuralink has submitted an application to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to make the terms “Telepathy”, “Blindsight” and “Telekinesis” trademarks.
Applications submitted in early March are related to Neuralink’s first product, telepathya brain computer interface aimed at enabling users to control devices in their own way. Blindan implant intended to restore vision in blind individuals. and telekinesisthe term mask was compatible with telepathy related to controlling a device using one’s mind.
Neuralink’s major research (short for precisely robotically embedded brain computer interface) involves the placement of small, cosmetically invisible implants in areas of the brain of people planning their movements. N1 implants are designed to assist in the operation of a computer or smartphone with the intention of interpreting their own neural activity and simply moving them.
Telepathy was first achieved in 2024 The major study after Noland Arbaugh of 29-year-old quadriplegia became the first to receive one of Neuralink’s implants. The implant allowed Arbaugh to play chess and video games hands-free.
Two other individuals were subsequently implanted with BCI through Prime Research.
“In combination, major study participants have ported links for more than 670 days and used telepathy for more than 4,900 hours,” Neuralink said. Blog post.
“These times include scheduled research sessions with the Neuralink team and use of daily activities during independent use. Independent use shows how useful links can be for real-world applications and missions to restore autonomy. Last month, participants used the links independently for an average of 6.5 hours a day.”
Received by Neuralink’s Experimental Implant Blind Site Last year, FDA breakthrough devices were designated. The device embeds a microelectrode array into the visual cortex of the human brain. The array then activates the neurons and provides the individual with a visual image.
According to the mask, the device allows individuals to lose vision in both eyes and optic nerves, as long as the visual cortex is intact. It will be visible for the first time by blind individuals from birth.
The visual cortex is part of the brain that receives and processes visual information from the retina.
“To set expectations correctly, vision is initially at a lower resolution, like Atari graphics, but ultimately it may be better than natural vision, allowing you to see infrared, ultraviolet, or even radar wavelengths. [Star Trek’s character] Geordi La Forge, “Musk I wrote it on x.
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The company previously sought trademarks for the terms Link, R1 and N1. Link refers to the company’s brain computer interface, N1 refers to an array of electrodes embedded in the brain, and R1 refers to the surgical robot used to implant BCI into the brain.
November, NeuralInk It has announced that it has been approved by Health Canada to conduct clinical trials with N1 brain implants and R1 robots.
The “Canada’s precisely robotically implanted brain computer interface” (Can Prime) study will be conducted by University Health Network (UHN) Hospital at Western Toronto Hospital.
CAN-Prime evaluates the safety of the company’s N1 implant and R1 surgical robots, which are used to place 64 threads of N1 implants in the patient’s brain.
That same month, the company announced it had received approval for X. To test the use of wireless BCI or N1 implants, we launch Convoy, a feasibility study to control the research assisted robot arm.
