Brain Implant by Musk Neuralink Rival Gets FDA Nod for Wider Use

One of the co-founders of Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. is building a different kind of brain implant.

That device, made by the startup Precision Neuroscience Corp., went in 63-year-old Tim Fisher earlier this month.

In an operating room in Philadelphia, a surgeon placed a sliver of film, thinner than a human hair and embedded with over a thousand electrodes, on Fisher’s brain.

After a little training, when Fisher moved his left hand, so did a nearby robotic appendage — guided by signals from his brain and the new brain patch.

Tim Fisher uses Precision Neuroscience’s brain device while undergoing surgery.

Photographer: Precision Neuroscience

“It was an amazing experience,” said Fisher. ...