Emerging Technologies

It can also predict the onset of Parkinson's motor symptoms.

The Focalist system aims to combine handheld robotics with real-time imaging to enable clinicians to place needles more precisely.

Technological innovation has the power and promise to transform healthcare. This series spotlights companies developing such cutting-edge innovations—ranging from brain-computer and muscle-machine interfaces to 3D-printed breast bioprostheses and beyond.

MAI-DxO AI reportedly diagnosed complex medical cases with over four times higher accuracy than generalist physicians and saved costs.

Connor Glass, founder and CEO of Phantom Neuro, discusses the company's muscle-machine interface that allows individuals with limb loss to control robotic limbs and systems using electrical activity from their own muscles.

Connor Glass, founder and CEO of Phantom Neuro, explains how the company's muscle-machine interface for amputees is enabling the development of advanced prosthetic limbs designed to function as natural extensions of the human body.

Selected early versions will be slated for real-world deployment. 

Julien Payen, cofounder and CEO of Lattice Medical, describes the company's 3D-printed, resorbable breast implant that uses a patient's own fat to regenerate natural breast tissue after a mastectomy.

Julien Payen, cofounder and CEO of Lattice Medical, discusses the company’s 3D-printed breast implant that supports women recovering from mastectomy using a scaffold that gradually dissolves as the patient’s own tissue regenerates.

The vision-restoring device will be implanted in humans within six to 12 months, following a successful monkey implantation that has remained active for three years, Musk said.