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Computer Vision is Becoming Neurotech’s Situational Understanding Layer and Distribution Channel
Machine Medicine’s FDA breakthrough designation for their video assessment platform, hiring at Metamorphic and Epia Neuro, and a leaked Apple AirPods demo all point to the same patterns: computer vision can give better situational understanding and standardization in a world where human raters find challenges with consistency. Because cameras, LiDAR, and other types of spatial sensor systems are becoming inexpensive and ubiquitous, computer vision systems are increasingly easier to implement both in research settings and in everyday life.
Reach Neuro Reaches New Heights
Reach Neuro’s job board is empty for the moment. That is not an indication of the growth stage of the company. In fact, one could argue that the recent hiring of Jennifer Ernst as the firm’s new chief executive officer and engaging Jordi Parramon as the chairman of the board of directors is a signal that this is the calm before the storm. In fact, one of the stated goals in their current $1.5 million seed-round funding pitch calls for building a “Series A Fundable Team.”
Galvani Bioelectronics Publishes Splenic Nerve Pilot Study Results
UK-based Galvani Bioelectronics is working to develop a rheumatoid arthritis therapy using splenic nerve stimulation (SpNS). Initial results from the first 11 patients were published in The Lancet this month.
Lehigh Team Uses Digital Twin of Gut-Brain Axis to Advance Neurostimulation Therapies
A team of researchers at Lehigh University has developed one of the first comprehensive mathematical models of the neural circuitry linking the gut and brain, a “digital twin” designed to simulate how bidirectional signaling regulates stomach function. The work, described in Frontiers in Physiology, could help bioelectronic medicine researchers understand disorders of gut-brain interaction and accelerate the development of neuromodulation therapies such as vagus nerve stimulation.
Briefings from Epitel, Neurolief, ReVision, Aurenar, More
News from across the neurotech and bioelectronic medicine sector including funding for wireless EEG, 25 years of Implanted Pulse Generators, new patents for Autonomix, Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation for menstrual bleeding, Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Field Stimulation, funding updates, and more.
Maria Bennett Shares Insights from SPR/Medtronic Merger
Earlier this summer, Medtronic announced that it completed its acquisition of SPR Therapeutics, Inc., the Cleveland, OH manufacturer of peripheral nerve stimulation systems for treating pain. The acquisition is valued at $650 million. NBR editor James Cavuoto sat down with SPR founder and CEO Maria Bennett at the recent meeting of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience in Miami.
Researchers and Vendors Discuss Commercialization Issues at NYC Neuromodulation Conference
The 2026 NYC Neuromodulation Conference, held July 30 through August 3 at The City College of New York, underscored how quickly neuromodulation is moving from a research-driven field into a broader neurotechnology marketplace. The event was organized by Neuromodec and Marom Bikson, co-director of the Neural Engineering Lab and professor at CCNY. The meeting’s scientific agenda covered a range of topics, including noninvasive brain stimulation, TMS personalization, deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation, autonomic and immune neuromodulation, computational modeling, home-based treatment paradigms, and evoked-response biomarkers—an agenda that mirrors many of the technical and reimbursement questions now facing neurotechnology companies.
New England Neurosurgeons Champion Human Fidelity for Brain Device Industry
In a new American Journal of Psychiatry article, researchers argue that companies, clinicians, funders, regulators, and health systems need a measurable standard for what they call “human fidelity”—the degree to which an implantable brain device aligns with the needs and expectations of the people and institutions that must use, support, pay for, and live with it.
Animal Implants Offer Guidance for Human Devices
Livestock management represents a major non-human application for sensing implants. Sensors placed in a cow’s rumen track accelerometer-based movement, pH, and temperature. For horses, ingestible capsules can detect for early gastrointestinal disease, such as colic, and injectable hoof accelerometers in development could identify gait abnormalities. Exploring these animal-focused technologies offers valuable insight into tools that could eventually transition to human medicine.
Government Strategy Is Shaping the Global Brain-Computer Interface Race
Three events converged this year to turn brain-computer interfaces from a research curiosity into a subject of government strategy. China moved a product to market, having already built the machinery to pay for it. The U.S. funded a founder. The European Union asked its regulators to study a problem. This is not an accident of timing. It reflects fundamentally different beliefs about what a government should do when a new technology can read, and may soon write to, the human brain.
