# FDA Investigational Device Exemption
**Entity class:** Concept or analytic term
**Type:** Regulatory pathway
**Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
**Primary source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]]
## Definition
An Investigational Device Exemption is the FDA pathway named in connection with Paradromics' 2025 clinical authorization.
## Relationships
[[wiki/FDA Investigational Device Exemption|Investigational Device Exemption]] is related to [[wiki/Paradromics|Paradromics]] and [[wiki/Connexus Direct Data Interface|Connexus Direct Data Interface]] through clinical investigation authorization.
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## Source route
[[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
## Related Work in the Corpus
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- In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **Neuralink: Operational Clinical Program and Regulatory Trajectory** provides the narrative context for **FDA Investigational Device Exemption**: The broader BCI sector has attracted substantial capital attention, with Morgan Stanley projecting the market at \$400 billion by 2025 driven by accessibility integrations and therapeutic applications—a valuation envelope that…
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