‘Why Not Create A Tesla Of The Mind’: New Implant Revealed That Treats Chronic Depression

New neural implants have been discovered that are placed outside of the skull for treatment of depression.

Meron Gribetz founded Inner Cosmos, a company in neurotechnology. He announced the tiny implant. “a digital pill for the mind,” Tuesday. Many millions suffer from chronic depression around the world, an issue that has been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic.

“Our mission is to create a world that restores humanity’s cognitive power by rebalancing the human mind,” Gribetz . “The world is in a state of severe disorder, leading to a disordered cognition. The effects are being felt by millions, leading to surging levels of depression. We believe our approach can allay the lives of those suffering from depression, and eventually scale to other cognitive disorders.”

The implant, which is roughly the same size as a fingernail’s, is placed underneath the skin next to the skull. The implant is small in size. “prescription pod” which powers the implant snaps onto the patient’s hair. A psychiatrist, who does not need to be close by, then monitors the device to adjust it based on the patient’s needs. Forbes reports that Inner Cosmos has recently been granted FDA Investigational Device Exemption approval to allow it to conduct human studies. reported.

The procedure to insert the device takes about 30 minutes at an outpatient facility according to The Daily Mail Not noted.

“There’s 140 million Americans every year that use attention or depression drugs, that’s more users than have iPhones,” Gribetz At a tech conference last summer. “Antidepressants are the most widely prescribed solution for depression. And they blast your entire brain with neurotransmitters.

“You end up with severe side effects such as suicidality when we switch cocktails, mental fog fatigue, libido loss, and of course, the efficacy is just over placebo. So it’s very, very low,” He concluded.

This was the moment he stated he began to consider an alternative treatment.

“We started thinking,” He said. “How is it possible that for the largest disorder in the world, we’re using horse and buggy era technology, and we win, there’s Tesla’s driving around. So we decided, why not create the Tesla of the mind, if you will, the absolute most modern and precise brain computer interface ever created for depression. And that’s exactly what we have done.”

He believes technology will enable doctors to more accurately diagnose the ailments of their patients.