Neuralink brain implant threads retract in first human patient
S3 · 08 May 2024 · Neuralink
Record
| Company | Neuralink |
| Industry | Medical robotics |
| Type(s) | malfunction |
| Date | 08 May 2024 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | not documented |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Yes - independently re-checked against the cited source |
Summary
Threads from Neuralink's implanted brain-computer interface partially retracted from the first human patient's brain after surgery, reducing the number of functioning electrodes; Neuralink adjusted software to compensate.
Primary source
Publisher: CBS News · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08 May 2024 | Neuralink brain implant threads retract in first human patient | CBS News | CBS News |
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