What is an Embryoscope™?

An Embryoscope™ is a new type of incubator that allows the embryologist to monitor embryo cell divisions while the embryos are still in the incubator. The incubator has a built-in camera that can take pictures of the embryos at timed intervals. These pictures are then combined to create a time-lapse video showing the embryo’s development at every vital stage. By watching when and how the embryos divide our embryology team can assess if development is taking place normally. An incubator mimics the physiological conditions in a woman’s body as closely as possible to provide an optimal environment for the embryos while they are in the IVF laboratory.

An Innovation In The IVF Laboratory

The embryologist can observe embryo cellular activities while the embryos are still in the incubator using an Embryoscope IVF, a novel form of the incubator. The incubator contains a built-in camera that can take timed pictures of the embryos. These images are then merged together to generate a time-lapse video that depicts the embryo's development at each stage. The embryology team can determine if development is proceeding normally by examining when and how the embryos divide. An incubator is designed to precisely imitate the physiological parameters in a woman's body in order to offer the best possible environment for the embryos while they are in the IVF lab.

Is time-lapse Embryoscope™ monitoring any guarantee of IVF success?

The Embryoscope™ may improve IVF outcomes compared to a standard incubator, but this has not yet been demonstrated. It provides highly-detailed information about an embryo’s development to our embryology team so that they can identify embryos that have the most potential for successful treatment. However this does not guarantee the embryo will implant and result in a successful pregnancy and birth. There are many factors that can influence the outcome of an IVF cycle, but helping ensure that the most viable embryos are transferred is a key part of it.

About Embryoscope IVF

Vital embryo inspections and images can be created with this technique while the embryos remain unaffected in the incubator's ideal settings. It also gives you access to more information to assist you to identify the embryos with the best chance of becoming pregnant. The Embryoscope IVF has the potential to increase fertilization outcomes when compared to a standard incubator.

It offers our embryology experts with highly precise information about an embryo's development so that they can pick embryos with the best chance of successful treatment. This does not, however, guarantee that the embryo will implant and result in a healthy pregnancy and birth. Many factors can impact the result of an IVF cycle, but one of the most important is ensuring that the most viable embryos are implanted. The benefits of Embryoscope IVF are-

  • The image quality is superior.
  • Increases your chances of getting pregnant
  • More information about the embryo is provided.
  • Like a human womb, it modulates carbon dioxide and temperature.
  • New patients can get a tape recording of their infant from conception till embryo transfer.
  • Allows embryologists to visually track the development
  • Allows embryologists to select which embryo is the healthiest and most viable for transfer.
  • Let the embryologists monitor and assess embryo development in a non-disruptive manner.

Embryos in an Embryoscope IVF are never removed for study, unlike those in standard incubators. This lowers the risk of injury, improves quality, and increases the likelihood of a successful pregnancy.

Advantages of Embryoscope

Reduced handling: The Embryoscope allows the embryologist to monitor embryo development without having to take the embryos out of the incubator, thus reducing the stress experienced by the embryos.

Constant monitoring: More than 7200 minutes of footage on the development of the embryo can be observed by the embryologist as compared to the standard 6-10 minute observation using the conventional incubator.

Stable culture conditions: Embryoscope provides incredibly stable culture conditions for the embryos It provides information about the way in which the embryo is dividing which is not available using a conventional microscope

Better embryo selection: The accurate and in-depth data available to the embryologist allows the selection of the embryos with the highest chance of leading to a pregnancy.

Wrapping Up

Embryoscope IVF is a one-of-a-kind technology that combines a cutting-edge incubation environment with a high-resolution microscope camera system to enable a thorough examination of embryo growth. The ability to select the "best embryo(s)" that are most likely to result in a safe pregnancy depends on being able to observe the characteristics of embryo growth. In addition to the time-lapse movie's medical evaluation, each patient's picture compilation is handed to them as a unique memento.