The stent is an open weave of this whisper-thin silver wire about the length of a medium paper clip. The device collapses down small enough that it can be inserted through a vein in the neck. And then on the other end, you'll see a plug and the plug goes into a... It's kind of like an air pod container for the apple air pods, but it's thinner than that.
Startups pioneering invasive and noninvasive devices that interact with the brain seek to alleviate everything from ALS symptoms to epilepsy to treatment-resistant depression. In this episode, a look at the science behind this rapidly advancing technology.
Dr. Thomas Oxley, a neurointerventionist and CEO of Synchron, gives us a tour of his lab in Brooklyn, New York, where his company is developing an implant that allows paralyzed people to control devices.
Then Bloomberg reporter Sarah McBride joins Wes for a look at other startups making these brain-computer interfaces–and where the industry goes from here.
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