Cortigent

At a glance

Legal name

—unknownSource

1. v0 said 'Cortigent, Inc.'; not pinned in primary Cortigent sources

Updated: 2026-05-04

Aliases

Vivani CortigentverifiedSources (2)

1. Cortigent — official sitehttps://www.cortigent.com
2. Vivani / Cortigent — 6-year Orion early-feasibility resultshttps://investors.vivani.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/212/vivani-subsidiary-cortigent-presents-promising-6-year-early2026-01-29

Updated: 2026-05-04

Type

subsidiaryverifiedSources (2)

1. Cortigent — official sitehttps://www.cortigent.com
2. Vivani / Cortigent — 6-year Orion early-feasibility resultshttps://investors.vivani.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/212/vivani-subsidiary-cortigent-presents-promising-6-year-early2026-01-29

Updated: 2026-05-04

Focus areas

medical-implant, neurostimulation, therapeutic, prostheticverifiedSources (2)

1. Cortigent — official sitehttps://www.cortigent.com
2. Cortigent — Orion product pagehttps://www.cortigent.com/orion

Updated: 2026-05-04

Founded

—unknownSource

1. v0 said 2022; the Orion technology dates back to Second Sight, but Cortigent's exact founding date is not pinned in primary sources

Updated: 2026-05-04

Defunct

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Spinout of

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

HQ city

ValenciaverifiedSource

1. Cortigent — official sitehttps://www.cortigent.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

HQ country

USverifiedSource

1. Cortigent — official sitehttps://www.cortigent.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Employees

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Flagship device

cortigent-orionverifiedSource

1. Cortigent — Orion product pagehttps://www.cortigent.com/orion

Updated: 2026-05-04

Product lines

1verifiedSource

1. Cortigent — Orion product pagehttps://www.cortigent.com/orion

Updated: 2026-05-04

In-house manufacturing

YesverifiedSource

1. Cortigent — Orion product pagehttps://www.cortigent.com/orion

Updated: 2026-05-04

Open source

NoverifiedSource

1. Cortigent — official sitehttps://www.cortigent.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

GitHub org

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Website

cortigent.comverifiedSource

1. Cortigent — official sitehttps://www.cortigent.com

Updated: 2026-05-04

Blog

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Support

—unknownUpdated: 2026-05-04

Devices

• invasivecortical-stim

  Orion

  cortigent

  60 channelsUSD 0

MilestonesverifiedSources (2)

1. Cortigent — official sitehttps://www.cortigent.com
2. Vivani / Cortigent — 6-year Orion early-feasibility resultshttps://investors.vivani.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/212/vivani-subsidiary-cortigent-presents-promising-6-year-early2026-01-29

Updated: 2026-05-04

1. 2022

   Second Sight + Nano Precision Medical merger forms Vivani Medical; Cortigent is the cortical-prosthesis line

2. 2025-03

   Orion 6-year Early Feasibility Study concludes

   Six subjects (UCLA + Baylor) implanted 2018–2019 demonstrated safety and efficacy improvements with Orion vs sham.

Reputation

Direct successor to Second Sight's cortical-prosthesis programme; positions Orion as the technically superior follow-up to the discontinued Argus II by stimulating the visual cortex directly rather than the retina.