Second Sight’s technologies are now set to be spun out into their own company once more, this time called Cortigent.
Second Sight’s Implant Technology Gets a Second Chance
Cortigent will develop brain implants for vision and stroke rehabilitation
spectrum.ieee.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Second Sight’s technologies are now set to be spun out into their own company once more, this time called Cortigent.
However, with brain implants in visual cortex for restoring vision to the blind, such as Neuralink Blindsight, ICVP, Cortigent Orion or Mindtrix MXIRV1024, the story may be different www.seeingwithsound.com/BCI.html
The vOICe vision BCI, or a brain implant?
White paper and living document comparing Neuralink Blindsight and other brain implants with The vOICe vision BCI for the totally blind.
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September 24, 2026 at 7:23 PM
However, with brain implants in visual cortex for restoring vision to the blind, such as Neuralink Blindsight, ICVP, Cortigent Orion or Mindtrix MXIRV1024, the story may be different www.seeingwithsound.com/BCI.html
Vivani proposes to merge #Cortigent with a wholly owned subsidiary of #ClearOne www.globenewswire.com/news-release... and www.businesswire.com/news/home/20... #BCI #business #$CRGT #$CLRO
Vivani Announces Entry into Merger Agreement Between Wholly Owned Subsidiary Cortigent, Inc. and Nasdaq-listed ClearOne, Inc.
Vivani proposes to merge Cortigent, Inc. with a wholly owned subsidiary of ClearOne, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRO), and change the listed company’s name and ticker...
www.globenewswire.com
July 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Vivani proposes to merge #Cortigent with a wholly owned subsidiary of #ClearOne www.globenewswire.com/news-release... and www.businesswire.com/news/home/20... #BCI #business #$CRGT #$CLRO
it was Second Sight Medical Devices, and it got acquired by Nano Precision Medical and spun out into Cortigent - I am not sure what happened after that. spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye
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July 16, 2024 at 6:45 AM
it was Second Sight Medical Devices, and it got acquired by Nano Precision Medical and spun out into Cortigent - I am not sure what happened after that. spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye
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Still betting on your Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision? www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Or Cortigent Orion, or ReVision Implant Occular, or Paradromics cortical visual prosthesis? #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
January 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Still betting on your Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision? www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Or Cortigent Orion, or ReVision Implant Occular, or Paradromics cortical visual prosthesis? #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
#Cortigent about their Orion visual cortical prosthesis system (brain implant for restoring vision to the blind) www.cortigent.com/orion "It is intended to deliver meaningful perception of motion and light." #BCI #blindness #$CRGT
Orion — Cortigent | Powering brain connections to restore body functions.
www.cortigent.com
May 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
#Cortigent about their Orion visual cortical prosthesis system (brain implant for restoring vision to the blind) www.cortigent.com/orion "It is intended to deliver meaningful perception of motion and light." #BCI #blindness #$CRGT
Blindsight Simulator github.com/Satoshi88818... Stand-alone python script by James Squire to simulate visual experience through cortical and retinal visual prostheses a la Cortigent Orion or Neuralink Blindsight; #phosphenes
February 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Blindsight Simulator github.com/Satoshi88818... Stand-alone python script by James Squire to simulate visual experience through cortical and retinal visual prostheses a la Cortigent Orion or Neuralink Blindsight; #phosphenes
GuruFocus analysis of this move at www.gurufocus.com/news/8943218...
ClearOne (CLRO) Merges with Cortigent to Form Cortigent Holdings
On July 02, 2026, ClearOne Inc (CLRO), a communications solutions company, announced the finalization of a merger agreement with Cortigent, a wholly-owned subsi
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July 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
GuruFocus analysis of this move at www.gurufocus.com/news/8943218...
#Cortigent reports positive 6-year findings for brain implant for providing artificial vision www.massdevice.com/vivani-corti... "Cortigent labeled the outcomes, which were observed over six years, as positive." #Orion #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness #$CRGT
Cortigent reports positive 6-year findings for brain implant for providing artificial vision
Vivani Medical subsidiary Cortigent announced the results of a study evaluating its Orion visual cortical prosthesis system.
www.massdevice.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:48 AM
#Cortigent reports positive 6-year findings for brain implant for providing artificial vision www.massdevice.com/vivani-corti... "Cortigent labeled the outcomes, which were observed over six years, as positive." #Orion #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness #$CRGT
$CLRO — Merger agreement with Cortigent, Inc. drove significant stock surge and market activity for ClearOne, Inc.
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Upside discussed: Merger agreement with Cortigent, Inc. announced July 2, 2026
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August 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
$CLRO — Merger agreement with Cortigent, Inc. drove significant stock surge and market activity for ClearOne, Inc.
Upside discussed: Merger agreement with Cortigent, Inc. announced July 2, 2026
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Upside discussed: Merger agreement with Cortigent, Inc. announced July 2, 2026
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#ai #trading
Vivani proposes to merge #cortigent with a wholly owned subsidiary of #clearone https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/02/3321264/0/en/vivani-announces-entry-into-merger-agreement-between-wholly-owned-subsidiary-cortigent-inc-and-nasdaq-listed-clearone-inc.html and […]
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Vivani proposes to merge #cortigent with a wholly owned subsidiary of #clearone https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/02/3321264/0/en/vivani-announces-entry-into-merger-agreement-between-wholly-owned-subsidiary-cortigent-inc-and-nasdaq-listed-clearone-inc.html and […]
Vivani Medical announces intent to spin off Cortigent neurostimulation business www.businesswire.com/news/home/20... A step toward Cortigent bankruptcy? Funding ended in 2024 for an initial 6-year clinical study with their Orion artificial vision system (brain implant); #BCI #NeuroTech $CRGT $VANI
Vivani Medical Announces Intent to Spin Off Cortigent Neurostimulation Business
Vivani Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: VANI) (“Vivani” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing miniature, ultra long-acting dr
www.businesswire.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Vivani Medical announces intent to spin off Cortigent neurostimulation business www.businesswire.com/news/home/20... A step toward Cortigent bankruptcy? Funding ended in 2024 for an initial 6-year clinical study with their Orion artificial vision system (brain implant); #BCI #NeuroTech $CRGT $VANI
Cortigent: "We are unaware of medical devices comparable to the Orion system (designed to restore certain forms of functional vision in persons who have become blind due to a broad range of causes) that have been approved by regulatory agencies in the U.S. or Europe" www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
March 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Cortigent: "We are unaware of medical devices comparable to the Orion system (designed to restore certain forms of functional vision in persons who have become blind due to a broad range of causes) that have been approved by regulatory agencies in the U.S. or Europe" www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
The BCI Working Definition of the BCI Society excludes any visual prosthesis that only stimulates the brain bcisociety.org/bci-definiti... by writing "additionally" instead of "and/or". So the Dobelle brain implant is not a #BCI, nor the Orion I of Cortigent (Second Sight).
BCI Definition | bcisociety.org
bcisociety.org
May 30, 2024 at 7:12 AM
The BCI Working Definition of the BCI Society excludes any visual prosthesis that only stimulates the brain bcisociety.org/bci-definiti... by writing "additionally" instead of "and/or". So the Dobelle brain implant is not a #BCI, nor the Orion I of Cortigent (Second Sight).
Vivani subsidiary Cortigent (which took over the visual prosthesis technology of Second Sight Medical Products) claims "Argus II has been discontinued due to the small population of patients with RP" www.cortigent.com/argus-ii after 350+ blind people had received the Argus II retinal implant.
Argus II — Cortigent | Powering brain connections to restore body functions.
www.cortigent.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Vivani subsidiary Cortigent (which took over the visual prosthesis technology of Second Sight Medical Products) claims "Argus II has been discontinued due to the small population of patients with RP" www.cortigent.com/argus-ii after 350+ blind people had received the Argus II retinal implant.
Still betting on a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision? www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Or Cortigent Orion, or ReVision Implant Occular, or Paradromics cortical visual prosthesis? #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
February 24, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Still betting on a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision? www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Or Cortigent Orion, or ReVision Implant Occular, or Paradromics cortical visual prosthesis? #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
ChatGPT: "Across the field—Neuralink, Paradromics, Cortigent, ReVision, Zongmu, the Dutch and Spanish academic groups, and legacy efforts like Second Sight—every implanted visual prosthesis faces the same constraints" [...]
December 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
ChatGPT: "Across the field—Neuralink, Paradromics, Cortigent, ReVision, Zongmu, the Dutch and Spanish academic groups, and legacy efforts like Second Sight—every implanted visual prosthesis faces the same constraints" [...]
Sadly, it looks like Pixium Vision may go bankrupt before long, Cortigent may give up on use of their brain implant as a visual prosthesis to pursue greener pastures, and for many years there will be no medically approved visual prosthesis on the market; $ALPIX $CRTG #FDA #CE
October 6, 2023 at 11:45 PM
Sadly, it looks like Pixium Vision may go bankrupt before long, Cortigent may give up on use of their brain implant as a visual prosthesis to pursue greener pastures, and for many years there will be no medically approved visual prosthesis on the market; $ALPIX $CRTG #FDA #CE
Cortigent will most likely give up on their Orion visual cortical prosthesis ambitions, while ICVP, ELVIS V, Gennaris, Phosphoenix and ReVision are nowhere near FDA approval or CE mark, let alone commercialization.
April 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Cortigent will most likely give up on their Orion visual cortical prosthesis ambitions, while ICVP, ELVIS V, Gennaris, Phosphoenix and ReVision are nowhere near FDA approval or CE mark, let alone commercialization.
#cortigent on their Orion brain implant: "Our goal is to help the profoundly blind regain visual perception" https://www.cortigent.com/orion Orion Visual Cortical Prosthesis System, based on Argus II retinal implant technology. #bci #neurotech
September 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#cortigent on their Orion brain implant: "Our goal is to help the profoundly blind regain visual perception" https://www.cortigent.com/orion Orion Visual Cortical Prosthesis System, based on Argus II retinal implant technology. #bci #neurotech
Blindsight Simulator https://github.com/Satoshi88818/BlindsightSim Stand-alone python script by James Squire to simulate visual experience through cortical and retinal visual prostheses a la Cortigent Orion or Neuralink Blindsight; #phosphenes
February 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Blindsight Simulator https://github.com/Satoshi88818/BlindsightSim Stand-alone python script by James Squire to simulate visual experience through cortical and retinal visual prostheses a la Cortigent Orion or Neuralink Blindsight; #phosphenes
There are people with retinal implants (Second Sight) where the company nearly went bankrupt, stopped supporting the tech, and is now pivoting to direct brain implants for blindness and stroke patients. (After a merger?) spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye
Second Sight’s Implant Technology Gets a Second Chance
Cortigent will develop brain implants for vision and stroke rehabilitation
spectrum.ieee.org
August 21, 2024 at 12:31 PM
There are people with retinal implants (Second Sight) where the company nearly went bankrupt, stopped supporting the tech, and is now pivoting to direct brain implants for blindness and stroke patients. (After a merger?) spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye
Cortigent is preparing for IPO www.sec.gov/Archives/edg... "The SAE [a seizure] occurred as we attempted to explore the optimal treatment frequency, which is a key stimulation parameter. The SAE occurred at a specific frequency." #Orion #BCI #$CRGT
www.sec.gov
May 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Cortigent is preparing for IPO www.sec.gov/Archives/edg... "The SAE [a seizure] occurred as we attempted to explore the optimal treatment frequency, which is a key stimulation parameter. The SAE occurred at a specific frequency." #Orion #BCI #$CRGT
(March 16, 2026) Promising six-year early feasibility study results released for the #Orion system www.mpo-mag.com/breaking-new... "all subjects demonstrated improvement with the system turned on versus off in visual function tests to detect a small square on a computer screen" #Cortigent
Promising Six-Year Early Feasibility Study Results Released for the Orion System
Cortigent shares study results for the Orion Visual Cortical Prosthesis System, designed to improve visual perception for blind patients.
www.mpo-mag.com
July 31, 2026 at 11:55 AM
(March 16, 2026) Promising six-year early feasibility study results released for the #Orion system www.mpo-mag.com/breaking-new... "all subjects demonstrated improvement with the system turned on versus off in visual function tests to detect a small square on a computer screen" #Cortigent