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Checking in with Kitea Health after world-first human trails complete using implantable brain sensor

Checking in with Kitea Health after world-first human trails complete using implantable brain sensor

"We now think we can lower the cost of health care by 35% for these patients."

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Apr 02, 2025
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Implanting computer chips into the brain has until very recently been strictly the stuff of science fiction, but one Kiwi start-up is turning it into a reality.

In a world-first earlier this year, Auckland based biotech startup Kitea Health successfully implanted a chip under a patient’s skull to monitor fluid pressure build up due to a condition called hydrocephalus.

Now human trials are completed, capital is flowing and regulatory barriers are being cleared so Caffeine caught up with founder Simon Malpas so check back in.

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