Looking for volunteers
Precise Robotically IMplanted Brain-Computer InterfacE
NCT06429735 · Neuralink Corp · Updated 9 Jan 2026
- What is being tested
- N1 Implant; R1 Robot
- For
- Tetraplegia/Tetraparesis; Quadriplegia; Cervical Spinal Cord Injury; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Quadriplegia/Tetraplegia; Tetraplegic; Paralysis
- Kind of study
- Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
- Who can join
- Ages 22 years to 75 years. About 15 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
- Where
- United States (2 sites)
- When
- Starts or started 9 Jan 2024, ends Jan 2031. Registered 28 May 2024.
- Results
- None posted yet.
In the researchers' words
The PRIME Study is a first-in-human early feasibility study to evaluate the initial clinical safety and device functionality of the Neuralink N1 Implant and R1 Robot device designs in participants with tetraparesis or tetraplegia. The N1 Implant is a skull-mounted, wireless, rechargeable implant connected to electrode threads that are implanted in the brain by the R1 Robot, a robotic electrode thread inserter.
Sites
- Barrow Neurological InstitutePhoenix, Arizona, United States
- University of MiamiMiami, Florida, United States