“The retina is part of the central nervous system,” Hodak said. “We consider cochlear implants, retinal prostheses, motor prostheses, these are all different types of BCIs.” Hodak outlined a vision in which BCIs expand into a wide range of medical technology applications, rather than simply being a way to control computers. While PRIMA is commercially available in Europe for patients who’ve lost their sight to geographic atrophy, an advanced form of age-re