Regular Incubators

Home Away from Home for your Embryos...

We keep your eggs and embryos in incubators. They are happier there. These incubators mimic the conditions in the uterus whilst maintaining a very constant and clean environment making it an ideal "home" for your embryo cultivation.

Mini incubators

Small in size.. big in efficiency...

Don’t be fooled by their bite sizes. These Mini Coopers of incubators are specifically designed to be small enough to rapidly equilibrate temperature and pH. This reduces embryonic stress (yes your embryos can be stressed out too), improves viability and therefore increases success rates.

Because we have a number of these incubators, we can afford to dedicate one chamber to each patient. As a result, you can be rest assured in knowing that there is less possibility of your embryos being mixed up with that of another patient. Furthermore, there will also be less stress to the embryos that could be caused by the unnecessary and frequent opening and closing of the incubators.

Laminar flow hoods

Fresh air that keeps your embryos clean, happy and healthy

Laminar flow hoods provide a workspace that is clean and reduces the possibility of contamination to the culture dishes while they are being handled by our embryologists. The hood has a built-in fan that keeps the air circulating in a specific flow pattern known as the laminar flow. This keeps dirt and dust from falling into culture dishes when they are out of the incubators. This can help in further maintaining the quality of your embryos.

ICSI Work Station :
Inverted microscope and ICSI micromanipulation equipment

Seeing… Assisting.. Conceiving…

Inverted microscopes are high-tech upside down microscopes, specifically designed not to give you a headache but to provide a comprehensive, precise and thorough examination of your embryos and eggs.

The microscope comes with built-in optics that provide high-resolution images of eggs and embryos. Besides peering extensively at them, we also perform other procedures through this microscope, such as Intra-cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) and assisted hatching micromanipulation. This makes the microscopes a highly useful tool in our IVF laboratory.

During the initial examination stage, the microscope and dish containing embryos are heated to 37 degrees Celsius, similar to your body temperature. This ensures that the correct and optimal temperature for embryo development is maintained and the quality of the eggs and embryosn are preserved.

Laser System

Using laser, we can perform a unique type of “Embryo surgery" called zona drilling or assisted hatching. This is done to soften the shell of the embryo and helps to increase pregnancy rates by improving implantation rates. In the past, embryo surgery was done using acid. This method however was quite risky as it could damage the embryo.
We also use this laser system to drill a hole at the shell of the embryo to take 1 cell out for a screening procedure known as Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD).

Freezing Machine

Freezing for Life! (at a later stage of course)

For "slow freezing" the embryos are frozen in small straws in a controlled rate freezer. Sperms can also be frozen in vials using the same freezer. Apart from controlled slow freezing, we also perform vitrification a speedy embryo freezing technique that does not require a freezer. After freezing by either methods, straws are then put in a liquid nitrogen storage tank for safekeeping and future use.