A device created by Johns Hopkins University engineering students to help infants with nerve injuries won the top honor at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovation Showcase USA 2025, held virtually July 29-30. The prize package provides them with expert guidance and resources to help bring their product to market. "I spent my earliest years in hospitals due to a complicated premature birth, which gave me a lifelong sensitivity toward vulnerable newborns," Ticllacuri said. The team plans to invest the prize money in hardware development, including integrating medical-grade materials and performing biomechanical testing. "That makes our path to clinical trials challenging, but it's an essential step to ensuring this technology can truly help newborns in the safest way possible."