GoKawiilParadromics' wireless brain implant lets Michigan woman speak again
Neurotech startup Paradromics reported that a 68-year-old woman with severe speech loss used its Connexus brain-computer interface to hold real-time conversations, including phone calls with her grandchildren. Surgeons implanted the 400-plus-electrode device at University of Michigan Health in June as the first case in a clinical trial, with the system wirelessly converting brain activity into a computer-generated voice.
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Removing the wired connection required by earlier brain-computer interfaces is a major usability leap, since it means patients could eventually use such devices in everyday settings rather than only in labs. Paradromics now plans to expand the trial to 10 patients with conditions like stroke and ALS, testing whether the technology can scale beyond a single case.
- Paradromics' implant translated brain signals into speech without any wired connection.
- The first patient, a 68-year-old woman, could hold spontaneous real-time conversations.
- Paradromics plans to enroll 10 total patients in its nationwide clinical trial.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Sherin Shibu, 2026-09-16
Published there as: “She Couldn’t Speak Until a Revolutionary Brain Implant Turned Her Thoughts Into Words: ‘I Have a Lot to Say’”
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