Erasmus Medical Centre Wins The Prize For Developing Highly Efficient IVF Incubator

Scientists from the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam have won a European prize for their study of the EmbryoScope, an incubator that helps doctors select the most viable embryos for IVF treatments. The winning researchers called their work “the future of IVF”.

Using the EmbryoScope, embryos may be monitored without being removed from a protected environment. Every 20 minutes the device takes a photograph of the developing cells. By analysing the pictures, doctors can select the most viable eggs without examining them under a microscope.

This saves the fragile cells from being subjected to changes in pH levels, temperature fluctuations and light. In this way, the EmbryoScope helps preserve the quality of embryos and increases the chances of a successful pregnancy.

Ready for use
This is the third time the Erasmus Medical Centre has won the prize, given by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). During the award presentation, IVF analyst Jeroen Speksnijder said the EmbryoScope is ready for clinical use in the Netherlands:

“In Spain, Denmark and Sweden they already use the EmbryoScope. We are the first in the Netherlands to use the device and we have confirmed it can be used for patient samples.”

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