A brain implant has been invented in England to improve the mood of patients. A British newspaper writes about this Guard Regarding the National Health Service.
“The device may have potential to help patients with illnesses such as depression, drug addiction, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and epilepsy,” the release states.
The device, which will be placed beneath the skull, is expected to deliver “targeted pulses of ultrasound to ‘turn on’ clusters of neurons.”
The safety and tolerability of the implant will be tested on 30 patients in studies worth £6.5 million (more than 800 million rubles). The trials will be funded by the UK Agency for Advanced Research and Innovation.
American billionaire Elon Musk in August 2024 statedHe said that within ten years, Neuralink brain implants will be placed in millions of people. Neuralink is a chip that is implanted into a person’s brain to interact directly with a computer or smartphone.
The first patient to previously receive a Neuralink implant showedIt’s like playing chess using the power of thought.