--- description: Find out why PherDal Kit is one of the best inventions of 2024 title: PherDal Kit: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd59ae7001d33c171/698a8a15929fadc33cc019f5/pherdal-kit-fertility-best-inventions.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Fertility Helper by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/) ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.  As a 32-year-old newlywed, Jennifer Hintzsche was diagnosed with unexplained infertility. Rather than pay $10,000 for intrauterine insemination, a procedure in which sperm is deposited directly into the uterus, Hintzsche—who has a Ph.D. in biology and computer science—ordered supplies from the cancer laboratory where she worked and fashioned a DIY device that mimicked the process. After conceiving her daughter Lois two months later, she decided to sell “Lois makers” to others who needed help getting pregnant. Her product, now called the [PherDal Kit](http://pherdal.com "undefined"), got FDA clearance in December 2023, and in February became the only sterile at-home insemination kit available in the U.S. Sterility is important, Hintzsche says, because it means the kit isn’t introducing bacteria that could throw off the body’s microbiome in ways that potentially affect fertility. Although there aren’t yet clinical trials proving its efficacy, Hintzsche says there will be PherDal “Christmas babies” arriving soon. **Buy Now:** PherDal Kit on [Pherdal](https://fave.co/3NDvryk "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094896/pherdal-kit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094896/pherdal-kit/"},"headline":"PherDal Kit: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:43:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:34.106Z","description":"Find out why PherDal Kit is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094896/pherdal-kit/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd59ae7001d33c171/698a8a15929fadc33cc019f5/pherdal-kit-fertility-best-inventions.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"creator":"Jamie Ducharme","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd59ae7001d33c171/698a8a15929fadc33cc019f5/pherdal-kit-fertility-best-inventions.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094896/pherdal-kit/","name":"PherDal Kit: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```