Gregg Miller is an American inventor, who trademarked
Neuticles
Neuticles are prosthetic testicle, prosthetic testicular implants for neutering, neutered dogs and other domestic animals. The implants may be made of polypropylene or silicone.
History
Gregg Miller developed the idea for Neuticles after his bloo ...
, testicular implants for pets.
Life
Miller was born in
Independence, Missouri
Independence is the fifth-largest city in Missouri and the county seat of Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson County. Independence is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the largest suburb on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metro ...
on April 28, 1953.
He is a graduate of Truman High School and received a Bachelor of Science in Communications from
Central Missouri State University
The University of Central Missouri (UCM) is a public university in Warrensburg, Missouri. In 2019, enrollment was 11,229 students from 49 states and 59 countries on its 1,561-acre campus. UCM offers 150 programs of study, including 10 pre-profes ...
in 1976.
Miller began his career as a general assignment reporter for the Tipton Times in Tipton, Missouri. After a year he became managing editor of the Trenton (Missouri) Republican Times. He accepted a city editor position for the
Loveland Reporter-Herald
The ''Loveland Reporter-Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Berthoud, Colorado. It carries local, regional, national and World news. It is owned by Prairie Mountain Publishing, a subsidiary of MediaNews Group, who purchased the paper in 20 ...
and later became Assistant Communications Director at the home office of
Western Auto Supply Company
Western Auto Supply Company—known more widely as Western Auto—was a specialty retail chain of stores that supplied automobile parts and accessories. It operated approximately 1200 stores across the United States. It was started in ...
in
Kansas City
The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more ...
.
Miller started an advertising agency in the early 1980s, which led to his interest in consumer product inventions. In 1992, Miller created and patented
Neuticles
Neuticles are prosthetic testicle, prosthetic testicular implants for neutering, neutered dogs and other domestic animals. The implants may be made of polypropylene or silicone.
History
Gregg Miller developed the idea for Neuticles after his bloo ...
, testicular implants for pets, and created other implantation devices for pets. To date, over 500,000 pairs of Neuticles have been sold in all 50 states and 49 countries worldwide, according to the company's website.
''Going Going NUTS!'' is Miller's book about the invention of Neuticles. He was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2005.
Personal life
Miller resides outside Kansas City, Missouri with his