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Inner Cosmos shows its mildly invasive skull implants can treat depression

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Inner Cosmos, a neurotechnology company that implants treatment devices in human brains, said its neurostimulation technology can be used to treat depression.

The company said it has had promising findings from the initial phase of its human trials, marking a significant step forward in the treatment of treatment-resistant depression, said Meron Gribetz, CEO of Inner Cosmos, in an interview with me.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.