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Media, equipment & techniques
One page per item. What it's for, what typically goes wrong, what to check first, and where the manufacturer's IFU lives. Neutral, no endorsements.
Cook Medical
CooperSurgical (FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific lineage)
CooperSurgical (Origio / Irvine Scientific lineage)
CooperSurgical (Origio)
CooperSurgical (SAGE)
Kitazato
- Cryotop (vitrification device)Open vitrification device: a thin polypropylene strip on which the embryo is loaded in a minimal volume, then plunged into LN₂.consumable
- Kitazato Vitrification / Thawing mediaEquilibration and vitrification solutions, and thawing/dilution/washing solutions, used with the Cryotop method.media
Various
- Culture dishes, pipettes and plastics — generalDishes, tubes, pipette tips and stripper tips that contact gametes and embryos.consumable
- Heated microscope stages and warm blocksKeep dishes and tubes at ~37°C during handling outside the incubator.equipment
- Hyaluronidase (denudation enzyme) — generalEnzyme used to loosen cumulus cells from oocytes before ICSI or maturity assessment.media
- Large box (CO₂ / tri-gas) incubatorsTraditional shelf incubators holding many dishes in one chamber, humidified with a water pan.equipment
- Liquid nitrogen supply and handlingLN₂ for vitrification, storage and transport.equipment
- pH and osmolality measurement (culture QC)Verifying that culture medium in the incubator sits at the intended pH and osmolality.equipment
Various (e.g. Esco MIRI, Cook MINC, K-Systems G-series, Planer BT37)
Various (e.g. MVE, Taylor-Wharton, Cryotherm)
Various (e.g. Vitrolife EmbryoScope, Esco MIRI TL, Genea Geri)
Vitrolife
- G-1 PLUS / G-2 PLUS (sequential culture)Two-step sequential media: G-1 for day 1–3 cleavage culture, G-2 for day 3–5/6 blastocyst culture.media
- G-IVF PLUS (fertilisation medium)Bicarbonate-buffered medium for oocyte handling, insemination and fertilisation (day 0–1) in the Vitrolife sequential system.media
- G-TL (single-step, time-lapse culture)Single-step medium designed for uninterrupted culture from fertilisation to blastocyst, typically in time-lapse incubators.media
- OVOIL (culture oil)Paraffin oil overlay used to protect culture drops from evaporation, pH shift and temperature change.media
- RapidVit / RapidWarmVitrification and warming solution kits for blastocysts (also cleavage/oocyte variants).media
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- ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) — techniqueInjection of a single immobilised sperm into a mature oocyte using micromanipulators.technique
- Oocyte denudation (cumulus removal)Enzymatic and mechanical removal of cumulus cells before ICSI or maturity assessment.technique
- Sperm preparation — density gradient / swim-upSeparation of motile, morphologically normal sperm from seminal plasma and debris.technique
- Vitrification — techniqueUltra-rapid cooling of oocytes/embryos after brief exposure to cryoprotectant solutions, loaded in minimal volume on a device.technique
- Warming (thawing) — techniqueRapid rewarming of vitrified material through thawing, dilution and washing solutions.technique
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