Paradromics

THE CHIP THAT GAVE HER VOICE BACK

A Michigan woman in her 60s, left nearly speechless by motor neuron disease, became the first person implanted with Paradromics' Connexus brain-computer interface in June 2026. That October she spoke to her grandchildren on a live phone call using only her thoughts — picking her own words in real time, starting with "Okay, I have a lot to say." The fully wireless implant records individual neurons with 421 platinum-iridium microelectrodes and is engineered for a 10-year lifetime.

1. Sep 29, 2026

   421 ELECTRODES, EACH THINNER THAN A HUMAN HAIR

   Paradromics detailed the Connexus build: 421 platinum-iridium microelectrodes, 1.5 mm deep, inside a hermetically sealed, fully wireless implant engineered for a 10-year lifetime — modeled on pacemaker and deep-brain-stimulator hardware. In sheep, an implant ran 4+ years with practically no signal degradation. That summer the FDA also cleared Connexus to link to consumer laptops, tablets, and phones.

   SOURCES: Medical Design & Outsourcingreported

2. Oct 2, 2026

   “OKAY, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY.”

   The first Connexus patient — a Michigan woman in her 60s with severe dysarthria from motor neuron disease — spoke freely for the first time: she chose her own words, answered open-ended questions, and called her grandchildren live. Every word decoded exactly as intended, zero errors. The Connect-One early-feasibility study runs under an FDA investigational device exemption at three clinical sites.

   SOURCES: AgeTech Worldreported

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