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  • Student wins Young Innovator prize for groundbreaking assisted birth tool

    Sep 30, 2025 12:00 pm by Beth HartStudent Experiences
    drawing of PeriAssist, which is designed to be a safer alternative to existing tools used in assisted vaginal delivery, beside portrait photo of its inventor, Anthony Wong

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    • drawing of PeriAssist, which is designed to be a safer alternative to existing tools used in assisted vaginal delivery, beside portrait photo of its inventor, Anthony Wong

    A Carle Illinois College of Medicine student who is creating a tool to make difficult births safer for mothers and babies has earned the title of 2025 Illinois Young Innovator of the Year.