Tag: Australia

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Industry News

Phantom Neuro implants its prosthetic hand sensor in its first patients

Phantom Neuro announced on 20 October 2026 that the first participants in its CYBORG study in Melbourne have received Phantom X, a sensor placed under the skin of the forearm that reads muscle signals and relays them wirelessly to control a prosthetic hand. Two people have been implanted so far, at Cabrini Health, in procedures of about an hour without general anaesthetic. The study can enrol up to 10 people, and Phantom Neuro plans to use the results to support a US FDA application.

Oct 21

Market Moves

Cortical Labs names co-founder Brett Kagan as CEO

Melbourne-based Cortical Labs, the synthetic biological intelligence company behind the CL1 biological computer and the 2022 DishBrain neuron-on-chip study, appointed co-founder Brett Kagan as Chief Executive Officer on 28 August 2026, effective immediately. Kagan was previously Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Co-founder Hon Weng Chong steps down as CEO after seven years. Long-time investor Radar Ventures spoke publicly for the investor base. Cortical Labs is not a brain-computer interface operator; the CL1 platform runs computation on lab-grown human neurons rather than reading signals from an implanted human brain. InsideBCI covers this as adjacent-category leadership news.

Sep 1

Market Moves

Fluent, a University of Melbourne spinout, raises over two million dollars for a sub-scalp EEG speech-decoding implant

Fluent, a Melbourne biomedical engineering spinout founded in May 2025, has raised over two million dollars in seed capital to develop InScribe, a sub-scalp EEG device for speech decoding in patients with motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis, with first-in-human surgery targeted for 2026.

Jun 30

Industry News

Synchron Returns to Melbourne for First Trial of Next-Generation Stentrode

The FOCUS-AUS trial will test Synchron's advanced brain-computer interface in ten MND patients across three Australian hospitals, with surgery beginning in April.

Mar 25

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