Parag Gad’s company has developed two devices which help adults who lack bladder control due to a brain, spinal cord or nerve problem and children with cerebral palsy. Los Angeles-based Gad runs SpineX, a clinical-stage MedTech bioelectric company specialising in developing non-invasive tools for patients, which he started in 2019. “Imagine a pacemaker, but instead of targeting your heart, this pacemaker activates the spinal cord. And rather than being an implantable device requiring surgery, it’s non-invasive. We place it directly over the back at various levels,” Gad, Co-founder and CEO, SpineX, explains. A biomedical engineer, Gad graduated from a University in Mumbai in 2008 before moving to the US, where he pursued his master’s and then PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, specialising in neuroengineering and rehabilitation. He first developed the technology at UCLA, where he was a full-time scientist for five years before starting SpineX. Gad has more than 15 years of preclinical and clinical research and product development experience. SCONE and SCiP Neuromodulation therapies help to re-establish normal function of the nervous …