Monday, July 13, 2009

EmbryoScope Gets EU Green Light

Filed under: Reproductive Medicine


Unisense FertiliTech A/S out of Aarhus, Denmark won European approval for the EmbryoScope™ Embryo Monitoring System. Using Leica optics and high quality filtration of the air technology, the instrument provides continuous control and recording of embryo development in a completely stable environment.

Features from the product page:

Six disposable EmbryoSlide™ trays holding 12 embryos each Individual slides may be inserted and removed independently

Leica 20 x 0.40 LWD Hoffman Modulation contrast objective specialized for 635 nm illumination 1280 × 1024 pixels, 3 pixels per μm, monochrome, 8-bit < 0.5 s per image, using single 1W red LED (635 nm)


20 min cycle time for six slides, 5 min cycle possible with single slide

Intel Core duo T2300E 1.66 Ghz 2Gb ram, fanless embedded PC

Microsoft Vista Pro®

12.1” embedded touch screen 1024 × 600

Continuous internal system integrity check of separate subsystems of the instrument as an added safety feature.


Press release: Unisense FertiliTech A/S Receives CE Mark of Approval for EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System...

Product page: EmbryoScope™ Embryo Monitoring System...

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