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TK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🧠 Half of animals receiving the most commonly used clinical brain stimulation frequency developed seizure-like activity. But only after six weeks. Long past the point where most safety studies stop looking. New paper, final version out in Biomaterials. 🧵

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Kip Ludwig @wildpiguk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

My understanding from those who study the history since Dobelle is that every subject who has received a visual cortex implant to treat blindness has had seizures introduced by the stimulation at some point.

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The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺 @seeingwithsound.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Not every subject, but yes, seizures have been reported with the Dobelle brain implant, ICVP and Orion I, cf. bsky.app/profile/seei...

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺@seeingwithsound.bsky.social

Note that seizures have previously been reported for blind recipients of a Dobelle brain implant www.wired.com/2002/12/pray..., ICVP (intracortical visual prosthesis) doi.org/10.1111/aor.... and Orion I brain implant investors.vivani.com/investors/ne...

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A Prayer Before Dying

A HALF CENTURY OF ARTIFICIAL-SIGHT RESEARCH HAS SUCCEEDED. AND NOW THIS BLIND MAN CAN SEE. I’M SITTING ACROSS FROM A BLIND MAN — CALL HIM PATIENT Alpha — at a long table in a windowless conference roo...

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