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Medtronic plc

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Dec 13, 2025
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What medical treatments for urinary incontinence exist and who developed them?

Urinary incontinence is treated with a wide spectrum of options: conservative care (pelvic floor muscle training, bladder training), medications and injections (antimuscarinics, onabotulinumtoxinA/Bot...

Dec 12, 2025
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Which company developed the urinary incontinence device reportedly linked to Elon Musk?

Reported links between Elon Musk and a urinary‑incontinence device in news and social posts point to neuromodulation implants developed by established medtech firms—primarily Neuspera and Medtronic—ra...

Nov 8, 2025
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BILL GATES AND SUGAR WISE

The available evidence shows ; reporting about Gates concerns investments in a separate company, Renmatix, which works on converting biomass into cellulosic sugars for industrial uses, not the nutriti...

Oct 30, 2025

Has Bill Gates personally invested in SugarWise or similar sugar-reduction startups?

Bill Gates has no documented personal investment in Sugarwise, the U.K.-based sugar-certification group, nor is there evidence he personally funded SugarWise the diabetes app; public reports instead l...

Nov 17, 2025

Competitors to Neurocept in the market

Available reporting in the search results treats “Neurocept” as a brain-health supplement newly marketed in 2025 and compares it broadly to other cognitive-support products . The dataset does not pres...

Jan 7, 2026

Which regulatory approvals and payer coverage decisions have most affected patient access to sacral neuromodulation in the last five years?

Over the past five years, two interlocking forces have driven patient access to sacral neuromodulation (SNM): a flurry of FDA device approvals that expanded the available implants and indications, and...

Dec 19, 2025

What are the key competitors to Neurocept in neurotech?

Neurotech’s competitive landscape is crowded and bifurcated between large medtech incumbents that sell approved implants and broad service networks (e.g., Medtronic, Abbott, Boston Scientific) and a f...

Dec 16, 2025

What are the current leading treatments and experimental cures for urinary incontinence?

Current standard therapies for urinary incontinence include behavioral/pelvic‑floor training, medications (antimuscarinics, beta‑3 agonists), onabotulinumtoxinA injections, nerve stimulation (sacral a...

Dec 14, 2025

What clinical trials exist for devices or gene therapies targeting urinary incontinence?

Multiple device trials — from implantable tibial neuromodulation (eCoin, Altaviva) to digital pelvic‑floor therapeutics and traditional slings/sphincters — are active and have published trial data or ...

Dec 14, 2025

Has any regulatory body approved or investigated Musk's urinary incontinence therapy?

No regulatory agency record in the supplied reporting ties any formal approval or investigation to “Musk’s urinary incontinence therapy.” Coverage instead discusses approved devices and drugs for urge...

Dec 10, 2025

How do existing treatments for urinary incontinence compare to proposed neurotech solutions?

Existing treatments for urinary incontinence range from conservative measures (pelvic floor training and bladder retraining) to drugs, injectable bulking agents, slings and sacral neuromodulation; sac...

Dec 8, 2025

How does Neurocept's FDA status compare to competitors in neuromodulation or neurostimulation?

Neurocept appears in commercial supplement/product listings and on its own websites claiming manufacture in an “FDA-registered” or “FDA-approved” facility, but available reporting and regulatory datab...

Dec 8, 2025

Has Neuralink conducted research into pelvic floor or urinary incontinence treatments?

Available reporting and Neuralink’s own public materials show the company focusing its early human trials on restoring function for people with paralysis and other central nervous system targets — not...

Dec 6, 2025

How does GlucoSense compare to standard continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in studies?

Available reporting does not present head‑to‑head clinical studies that compare the supplement/product "GlucoSense" directly with standard continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). GlucoSense appears in com...

Dec 6, 2025

What companies manufacture sacral nerve stimulation and tibial nerve stimulation devices for urinary incontinence?

The main manufacturers of implantable sacral neuromodulation devices for urinary incontinence are Medtronic (InterStim) and Axonics (Axonics SNM), which are repeatedly identified in clinical literatur...

Dec 5, 2025

Have any reputable medical organizations endorsed Sugarwise for diabetes treatment?

No reputable medical organizations in the provided reporting are shown to endorse SugarWise as a diabetes treatment; SugarWise’s own marketing describes it as a dietary supplement that “should not rep...

Nov 15, 2025

How does Neurocept's technology compare to other neuromodulation or digital therapeutics?

Neurocept is not mentioned in the provided search results, so available sources do not describe its technology, clinical data, or regulatory status (not found in current reporting). The broader neurom...