And what about Russia?
Sensor-Tech is developing Russia's first line of ELVIS neural implants, which are capable of influencing human sensory organs. Russian scientists have already conducted successful experiments to install a chip in the brain of a monkey, and in the coming years they plan to perform the operation on a human.
ELVIS V allows you to "connect" cameras to the brain and transmit images directly to it, without the help of your eyes. The synchronous operation of the three ELVIS components allows you to see the world around you — to confidently distinguish the silhouettes of objects and people, to understand where and what is located. The technology will be effective for blind and deaf-blind people with different diagnoses: retinal damage, optic nerve pathology or other severe visual impairments.
The Elvis C cochlear implant is designed for the inner ear. The external part of the device, the sound processor, picks up sounds and transmits them to the cochlea of the inner ear, stimulating nerve endings. This is how deaf people get electronic hearing.
ELVIS DBS will be able to help people with various severe neurological diseases: Parkinson's disease, Tourette's syndrome, chronic pain disorders. The device is implanted in the subcortical structures of the brain and connected to a neurostimulator in the patient's chest. The doctor will be able to program the device individually for everyone, setting the parameters of brain stimulation depending on the disease.
