AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin-based neuro-technology company is making history in an effort to find a cure for epilepsy.

Paradromics, Inc. says it has successfully implanted its Connexus interface device inside a patient's brain to study the effects of epilepsy.

The computer chip, also known as a brain-computer interface (BCI), reads brain signals, then uses artificial intelligence to translate those signals.

Company officials say this successful procedure comes after three years of pre-clinical studies. The chip was inserted, briefly used and then removed.

Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, is a competitor of Paradromics.

Neuralink conducted its first human implantation of their BCI in January, according to the company’s website .

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