Elon Musk says Neuralink has successfully implanted a brain chip in a second human patient. The patient has used the chip to play video games and design 3D objects. Here's how Neuralink's chips work.

Neuralink told the FDA that in a second procedure, it would place the implant’s threads deeper into the patient’s brain to prevent them from moving as much as they did in Arbaugh’s case.

Alex’s implant marks the second time Neuralink has successfully implanted its BCI into a patient. Earlier this year, Neuralink implanted it into Noland Arbaugh, a quadriplegic.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has implanted a second trial patient with its brain chip, a device designed to give paralysed people the ability to control devices through thought alone.. The chip records ...

Musk said 400 of the implant’s electrodes on the second patient’s brain are working. Neuralink on its website states that its implant uses 1,024 electrodes.

Elon Musk's brain technology startup Neuralink said its implant, designed to allow paralyzed patients to use digital devices by thinking alone, is working well in a second trial patient.

Neuralink Corp., the brain-implant company founded by Elon Musk, was set to implant its device in a second patient last Monday, but the surgery was halted due to the patient’s medical condition ...

Neuralink gets FDA OK for 2nd patient The FDA has given Elon Musk’s Neuralink the green light to implant its brain chip into a second person, The Wall Street Journal reported May 20. Advertisement ...

Two other patients received the brain implants in 2024. A third patient received a brain implant from Neuralink, a neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk.