Neurotech startup Synchron, backed by Jeff Bezos and Microsoft, announced today that it has connected its brain implant to the Apple Vision Pro headset. It’s now possible for patients with limited physical mobility, like those with ALS, to control the device using only their thoughts. 

Synchron is building a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, designed to help patients with paralysis operate technology like smartphones and computers with their minds. The company has implanted its BCI in six patients in the U.S. and four in Australia. It still needs approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commercialize its technology more broadly.

Synchron CEO Thomas Oxley said he thinks Apple’s iOS accessibility platform is best in class, which is why the company has initially focused on helping patients control devices within Apple’s ecosystem. He said Synchron will likely work to connect its BCI to other headsets, but it’s starting with the Vision Pro.

Apple has been “very supportive” of the Vision Pro integration, he added.

“I think BCI is very well placed to add huge value as a synergistic integration into the Apple ecosystem,” Oxley told CNBC in an interview.

Synchron’s BCI is inserted through a patient’s jugular vein, so no open brain surgery is required. It’s delivered to the blood vessel that rests on the surface of the brain’s motor cortex. The stent-like device is connected to an antenna that sits under the skin in the chest. The antenna collects raw brain data and sends it to external devices.

Synchron CEO Thomas Oxley said that the integration with the Vision Pro shows how BCIs can help paralyzed patients engage with consumer technologies.

“This is the beginning of a new therapeutic option to restore the ability to engage with digital technology that we take for granted,” Oxley said. “That’s what this represents.” For more, read the full CNBC report.