X chief executive officer, Elon Musk, has on sunday performed its first patient implant called Neuralink, a brain chip.

According to the American Billionaire, the first human patient who received an implant of the chip is recovering well

In his post on X on Monday, he said that “initial results show promising neuron spike detection.”

“enables control of your phone or computer and, through them, almost any device, just by thinking.” and Initial users will be those who have lost the use of their limbs, he added.

According to Reuters reports that spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the brain and to the body.

On May 2023, Neuralink made a statement on X, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had given the company clearance last year to conduct its first trial to test its implant on humans , a critical milestone in the startup’s ambitions to help patients overcome paralysis and a host of neurological conditions.

Neuralink in September 2023 that it had received approval for recruitment for the human trial.

The study uses a robot to surgically place a brain-computer interface (BCI) implant in a region of the brain that controls the intention to move, Neuralink said previously, adding that its initial goal is to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone.

Neuralink said the implants’ “ultra-fine” threads help transmit signals in participants’ brains.

In a separate post on X, Musk said that the first product from Neuralink would be called Telepathy.

The startup’s PRIME Study is a trial for its wireless brain-computer interface to evaluate the safety of the implant and surgical robot.

The company was valued at about $5 billion last June, but four lawmakers in late November asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether Musk had misled investors about the safety of its technology after veterinary records showed problems with the implants on monkeys included paralysis, seizures and brain swelling.

Musk reportedly wrote in a social media post on September 10, 2023, that “no monkey has died as a result of a Neuralink implant,” adding that the company chose “terminal” monkeys to minimise the risk to healthy ones.