Company
NeuroNexus
The Michigan spinout that started the commercial silicon probe field.
- Based
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Website
- www.neuronexus.com
NeuroNexus makes multi-channel silicon probes, instrumentation, and analysis software for neuroscience research across the central and peripheral nervous system, and designs active implantable devices for neuromodulation. It was spun out of the University of Michigan in 2004 by Daryl Kipke and colleagues, sold to Greatbatch in 2012 for around $12 million, and bought back in 2019 by the NEL Group, the Ann Arbor investment company Kipke founded with Thomas Hook.
People
From Interface
- InterviewsJul 24, 2026
The Patent Dispute that Turned a Neurotech Inventor into an Attorney
Dr Eugene Daneshvar built self-deploying neural electrodes, then watched the idea get patented without his name on it. Now he defends other people's inventions in search of a world where the inventor can see the product through to the end user.