Let’s Know About Our Laboratory
The center of any IVF clinic is the IVF laboratory, because this is where the embryos are actually made.
Here's a guided tour of our IVF lab, to familiarize you with what happens to eggs and embryos and Equipments for infertility IVF clinic, fertility clinics, Infertility and fertility doctors.
1. The CO2 incubator
This is the soul of the IVF lab, where fertilization occurs and embryos are carefully grown under controlled conditions, which mimic our body's environment.
2. The IVF culture medium
in which embryos are cultured and nourished. Most IVF clinics use ready-made medium, which is quality controlled and extensively tested.
3. Microscopes
are the work-horse of the IVF lab and allow the embryologist to inspect eggs and embryos. The circular plastic dish on the heated platform of the microscope is a culture dish; and the central well contains the culture medium in which the embryos are grown .You can see what embryos look like under the microscope here.
4. The micromanipulator
where ICSI is performed. It is also used to perform the embryo biopsy when doing PGD. It allows us to visualize the eggs, sperm and embryos because of the high degree of magnification it offers; and also allows us to precisely manipulate the fine pipettes which are used to perform surgery on the egg and embryo.
5. The computer-controlled embryo cryopreservation unit
which allows us to freeze and store embryos.
6. The liquid nitrogen containers
in which sperm and embryos are frozen and preserved at -196 C.