Blindsight (Neuralink)
{{Short description|Experimental medical device developed by Neuralink Corp}}
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Blindsight is an experimental medical device developed by Neuralink.{{cite web | title=Musk's Neuralink gets FDA's breakthrough device tag for 'Blindsight' implant | website=Reuters | date=2024-09-17 | url=https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/musks-neuralink-receives-fdas-breakthrough-device-tag-brain-implant-2024-09-17/ | access-date=2024-09-18}}{{cite web | title=Elon Musk's Neuralink gets FDA breakthrough device tag for 'Blindsight' implant | website=The Economic Times | date=2024-09-18 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-musks-neuralink-gets-fda-breakthrough-device-tag-for-blindsight-implant/articleshow/113445523.cms?from=mdr | access-date=2024-09-18}} It has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).{{cite web | last=Gowran | first=Leigh Mc | title=Neuralink's 'blindsight' implant gets key FDA designation | website=Silicon Republic | date=2024-09-18 | url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/neuralink-blindsight-fda-approval-restore-vision-blind#:~:text=The%20company's%20Blindsight%20device%20has,those%20who%20have%20lost%20it%E2%80%9D. | access-date=2024-09-18}}{{cite web | last=Sinha | first=Sujita | title=US: Elon Musk’s vision-restoring tech gains FDA ‘breakthrough’ tag | website=Interesting Engineering | date=2024-09-18 | url=https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/neuralink-blindsight-wins-fda-breakthrough-tag | access-date=2024-09-18}}
Purpose
Blindsight is being developed to enable individuals with total visual impairment due to damage to the optic nerve but with intact visual cortex, to see. This is made possible by bypassing the optic nerve and directly stimulating the visual cortex to create a visual perception.{{cite web | last=Barrabi | first=Thomas | title=Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip receives FDA’s ‘breakthrough device’ status | website=New York Post | date=2024-09-18 | url=https://nypost.com/2024/09/18/business/elon-musks-neuralink-receives-fdas-breakthrough-device-status-for-blindsight-implant/ | access-date=2024-09-18}}{{cite web | last=Sharma | first=Divyanshi | title=Those who have been blind from birth will get to see the world with Elon Musk's Neuralink Blindsight: All you need to know | website=Business Insider | date=2024-09-18 | url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/those-who-have-been-blind-from-birth-will-get-to-see-the-world-with-elon-musks-neuralink-blindsight-all-you-need-to-know/articleshow/113459344.cms | access-date=2024-09-18}}
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