Conticare Medical Inc.
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
While many companies are developing surgical approaches to stress urinary incontinence--bulking agents and sling procedures--ContiCare Medical is developing a non-surgical device to prevent the leakage of urine in response to abdominal pressure.
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