Oprah awards $25K grant to mother who invented 'Zaky'

Oprah Winfrey has honored a mother for her invention that's helping infants at neonatal inventive care units across the world.

Winfrey recently awarded Yamille Jackson a $25,000 grant so she can create more of a product called "Zaky."

Mothers first sleep with the glove-like invention. Then when they place it next to their baby, it smells like them.

Jackson invented the glove to help her baby Zachary during his five month stay at the NICU.

"About three weeks after Zachary was born, the nurses from the NICU called me and said, 'you know those gloves you made for Zach? Can you make them for the rest of the unit?'" Jackson said. "Because they could see how it helped Zachary, how he was calmer."

Jackson has since sold Zakys to 300 hospitals in 50 countries.

A now healthy Zachary is 13 years old and loves math, science, and archery.