Stentrode - Bryant McGill

# Stentrode **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Type:** Endovascular neural interface **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Definition Stentrode is Synchron's endovascular recording device, delivered through the venous system to rest near motor cortex. ## Relationships [[wiki/Stentrode|Stentrode]] is related to [[wiki/Synchron|Synchron]], [[wiki/COMMAND Study|COMMAND]], and the [[wiki/Superior Sagittal Sinus|superior sagittal sinus]] access route.  This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] and [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], and [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Technology and research relationships - [[wiki/Synchron|Synchron]] develops **Stentrode**. Endovascular BCI via cerebral blood vessel.  ## 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  - In [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], **Synchron: The Minimally Invasive Counter-Geometry** provides the narrative context for **Stentrode**: Synchron, Inc., founded and led by CEO Dr.  ## Research Edges  #### Master relationship graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 299 — [[wiki/Synchron|Synchron]] `develops` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `SYNCHRON_TECH`. Endovascular BCI via cerebral blood vessel.   #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 299 — [[wiki/Synchron|Synchron]] `develops` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `SYNCHRON_TECH`. Endovascular BCI via cerebral blood vessel.  ## Research Inferences  These entries translate the forward-looking register in [[research/Research Inferences|Research Inferences]] into ordinary wiki prose. The tier labels apply to the inference, not automatically to every factual anchor inside it. The interpretive frame comes from [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] and [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]. Collection route: [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. - **INF-0051 — Established.** The Stentrode reaches cortex through a cerebral vein, importing catheter technique from interventional cardiology into neurotechnology. The significance is procedural rather than electrical: it makes neural access a same-day interventional procedure performed by a specialty that already exists in every major hospital.  ## Research Inference Attractors  These are secondary semantic placements for the inference attractor network. Each statement keeps its original ID and tier; its canonical cluster page links back to every destination. Source register: [[research/Research Inferences|Research Inferences]]. Interpretive context: [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] and [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]. Collection route: [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. - **INF-0058 — Analytic.** Venous anatomy determines which cortical territories an endovascular device can reach, so the map of accessible mind is currently drawn by vascular anatomy. Anatomical accessibility is an unexamined constraint on which cognitive functions become instrumentable first. - **Canonical cluster:** [[wiki/Distributed Biological Interfaces|Distributed Biological Interfaces]] - **INF-0073 — Established.** Epidural spinal stimulation has restored volitional movement after complete injury by amplifying residual descending signal. The nervous system tolerates an external controller inserted mid-pathway, which is direct evidence that mediated function is functionally continuous with native function. - **Canonical cluster:** [[wiki/Distributed Biological Interfaces|Distributed Biological Interfaces]]