The Heart of Every IVF Centre - Embryology Laboratory – Ova Fertility and Women Care

Embryology laboratory: The Best IVF Centre in Thane

There are so many IVF centers across the world, but one setup which is common to all the IVF centers are the Embryology laboratory or otherwise commonly known as IVF laboratory. This embryology laboratory is generally considered to be ‘THE HEART’ of any IVF centers.

One of the Best IVF Centres in Thane

At Ova fertility and Women care, we have a sophisticated state of the art MODULAR IVF OT & Laboratory complex and advanced equipments, which are imported from European & East Asian companies. It is the specialized unit which almost mimics the womb of the mother. This is the place where the egg and the sperm are handled to form an embryo (the future baby).

Role of IVF Specialized Team

Though, it is just mere 5 to 7 days that the gametes and embryos are in laboratory environment. But still, the IVF specialized team (Embryologist & team) take tremendous efforts at each and every step and throughout the procedure to nurture the gametes from the day of egg collection to embryo transfer (Day 3: 6-8 cell stage or Day 5: Blastocyst stage).

Embryologist – The Creator

For an embryo to develop in the outside environment, it requires optimal controlled culture conditions. Only then the embryos can survive and get implanted once the embryos are transferred back to the mother’s womb. That’s the reason the entire laboratory environment is monitored and maintained (just like a mother’s womb) with utmost precision and care by a team of specialist (Embryologist).

The Womb Outside The Body – The IVF Lab at Ova

At Ova, the modular IVF laboratory set up is fitted with air handling unit which not only helps in purifying the air, but also to maintain the positive pressure, temperature and humidity inside the laboratory. We make sure that the laboratory and equipments are free of contaminants and volatile organic compounds, by using filters like High Efficiency Particulate Air filters (HEPA) or Ultra Low Particulate Air filters (ULPA) which removes all the impurities (0.1µm, ultra fine particles) and the filtered air is 99.99% pure. The embryos are cultured in temperature, humidity controlled Co2 buffered Medias, which are nothing but the nutritive broth containing aminoacids, proteins, glucose, lactate, pyruvate, bicarbonate etc. These medias are similar to the fluid content of the fallopian tube and uterus. From the air quality to the nutritive media all the parameters are kept almost equivalent to the mother’s womb; so that the embryos are not only in the healthy environment, but also once transfer to mother’s womb they are in the familiar environment.

Workstation

with inbuilt trigas incubator & heated stage to maintain the temperature at 37◦C for screening /denuding of eggs

Incubators with sensors

Embryos are cultured in these incubators for 5 days with optimal culture conditions like maintaining the temperature, humidity, Co2 level

Micromanipulator (ICSI machine)

with temperature control is used for ICSI procedure, embryo assessment and laser assisted hatching

The role of a good embryology laboratory is very critical for the success of IVF treatments. Ova Fertility & Women Care is proud to have fully equipped, modular and state-of-the-art Embryology lab/ IVF lab.

Research Work at International Platform & Special Achievements:

Paper presentations on PLGFbiomarker study at ISOM conference, New Orleans- USA

Paper presentation on Intrauterine GCSF use study at PCS conference, Budapest , Hungary

Authored chapters – Monitoring of Ovarian Stimulation and EmbryologyInstruments in Fertility Reference Books

Reviewer on International Journal of Reproduction and Fetal Medicine

Many publications in indexed national and international journals

Received “Appreciation Award” in recognition of valuable service, conduct and commitment to patient care by hands of Karnataka medical education minister DK Shivkumar at Bangalore (Nov 2018)

Teaching faculty at fertility and ultrasound training courses, paramedical staff training courses and communication skills workshops & Faculty at many conferences and CMEs