Paradromics puts its Connexus brain implant into a speech-restoration patient

Matt Angle's Austin BCI company is moving from acute tests to a six-year study of whether neural signals can become speech.

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Primary source: Business Insider

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Paradromics is no longer only proving that Connexus can record brain signals in humans. It is testing whether a fully implantable BCI can become a long-term communication product for patients who cannot speak.

Paradromics founder and CEO Matt Angle has put the company's Connexus brain-computer interface into its first long-term speech-restoration patient, a Michigan woman with a motor neuron disease who has difficulty speaking, Business Insider reported.…

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