TIME magazine recognizes 2006 grad's invention

Dr. Jenn Hintzsche '06 is making national news!

TIME magazine has selected Dr. Hintzsche's at-home insemination kit as one of the Best Inventions of 2024. Her product, called the PherDal Kit, received FDA clearance in December 2023, and in February became the only sterile at-home insemination kit available in the United States.

"I'm deeply honored and humbled that TIME selected the PherDal Kit," Dr. Hintzsche said. "PherDal's mission is to empower and provide women struggling with infertility with a simple yet scienced-backed, at-home fertility device to improve their chances of having a child. Thank you to TIME for recognizing the work we are doing to help those who are struggling to conceive."

Nominations for Best Inventions were solicited from TIME's editors and correspondents around the world, and through an online application process. Each contender was evaluated on several factors, including originality, efficacy, ambition and impact.

Dr. Hintzsche says her journey began at Augustana. Here's her story.