AUSTIN, Texas — Paradromics, an Austin-based high data rate brain interface company, has successfully completed its first human implant of its brain-computer interface (BCI), marking a major step toward bringing lab-developed BCI technology into clinical use.

The company’s flagship device, called the Connexus BCI, uses a cortical module no larger than a dime to enable two-way communication between the brain and a computer.

Paradromics says the technology has the potential to restore essential functions lost due to injury or disease for millions of people.

“Think of it a little bit like a modem that allows your computer to go online,” said CEO Matt Angle. “But instead of your computer going online on the internet, it’s going online on the brain.”

“What that means is that we can use all

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