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Embryoscope - a development that increases fertilization success by 50% (video)
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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The new development increases the success rate of fertilization by 50% and enables future parents to monitor the development of their child from the moment of conception. The new approach is based on a microscope that continuously monitors the condition of the fertilized egg for 5 days.
This means that all sorts of anomalies will be detected immediately. In such cases, the defective egg can be discarded. The implantation of viable eggs into the uterus significantly increases the rates of successful intrauterine development, the study demonstrated.
Until recently, doctors had to remove the embryo from the incubator and examine it separately under a microscope. This could only be done once a day, which is obviously not enough for an adequate assessment.
Embryoscope is the latest approach in reproductive technologies that changes the situation dramatically. After the introduction of spermatozoa, the egg is immediately placed in the embryoscope, where it will develop before the eyes of professionals until it is transplanted into the patient. Thus, the microenvironment of the incubator is not disturbed.
To date, more than 1,500 embryos from 200 patients have been tested. And if previously only one woman out of three managed to get pregnant, now - every second. Monitoring the embryo will cost the patient 750 pounds per cycle. As a result, parents receive a video of the development of their baby, starting from the embryo.