What is the embryoscope?

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The Embryoscope is a state-of-the-art incubator that allows to visualize the complete embryonic development, in an uninterrupted way and in real time.

This is a great advantage, since it is possible to determine which embryos have the greatest potential for implantation with much greater security, since you can see their entire development process in the laboratory.

Below you have an index with all the points that we will discuss in this article.

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What is the Embryoscope?

The Embryoscope is a new embryo incubator with a built-in video camera that will film the development of these.

The advances that it offers us are the following:

  • Do not remove the embryos to see in the microscope as they are. This prevents the change of temperature, light, etc.
  • It allows to see how they have been fertilized and divided in each moment and thus be able to choose the embryos that are created with a better prognosis of implantation for the transfer to the maternal uterus. With normal incubators you only see a moment each day and you get much less information.
Embryos in Embryoscope

In the treatment of assisted reproduction of in vitro fertilization (IVF) or ICSI, fertilization of the ovum by the sperm takes place in the laboratory, and therefore the culture of the embryos is necessary. To do this, they must be placed on a plate with an appropriate medium inside an incubator.

The incubators are responsible for mimicking the internal conditions of the uterus. In them are controlled parameters such as oxygen pressure, carbon dioxide and temperature, until the transfer of embryos takes place.

Embryonic selection

The selection of the embryos is made based on established parameters that are considered optimal and therefore the embryos that comply with them will have a greater potential for implantation:

  • Embryos must develop at an adequate speed
  • The appropriate embryonic morphological changes must be produced

Thus, for an embryo to be a good candidate for the transfer, it must be properly developed within established time frames.

There are a series of moments of development in which the fulfillment of these conditions is of greater relevance. Among them is the time elapsed between fertilization and the first division.

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