Eeva™ System
The Early Embryo Viability Assessment (Eeva) System has the potential to revolutionize the in vitro fertilization process by providing a consistent, data-driven method to evaluate embryos prior to transferring back to the patient.
When used with traditional embryo assessment techniques, the Eeva System may give IVF clinics and their patients the potential to improve clinical pregnancy rates. With higher opportunity for success, it may be possible to reduce multiple births by enabling single embryo transfer for a large number of patients.
Potential Benefits of the Eeva System
The Eeva System is designed to be used by embryologists to supplement their traditional embryo assessment techniques. The Eeva System can assist embryologists in identifying, at an early stage of development, embryos with a high probability of reaching the blastocyst stage on day 5. Studies have shown that transferring embryos at the blastocyst stage can double the chance of pregnancy when compared to day 3 transfer through embryo self-selection. However, there are elevated risks of embryo arrest leading to cancelled cycles, as well as increased rate of prematurity and low birth weight among babies born from blastocyst transfer. The Eeva System has the potential to combine the best of both worlds – higher chance of pregnancy of the day 5 transfer without the risks associated with extended culture.
With the Eeva System, an embryologist can:
- Place up to 20 embryos into a customized Eeva Petri Dish that allows group culture while tracking individual embryo development.
- Position the Eeva Petri Dish under the Eeva Microscope inside a standard incubator. Using dark-field illumination, the Eeva Microscope will capture embryo images every 5 minutes with minimal light exposure. The total light exposure throughout the process is equivalent to less than one minute under regular bright field microscope.
- Use the Eeva System touch screen pad to control and observe time-lapse imaging of embryos without disturbing the culture condition. Behind the scenes, the Eeva Software, with its automated cell tracking and image analysis algorithm will compare individual embryo development against three predictive parameters to identify the embryos most likely to develop to blastocyst stage.
- Include Eeva System blastocyst prediction as an adjunct to traditional morphology grading to determine the embryo(s) with the highest implantation potential for transfer or cryopreservation.
CAUTION-Investigational Device. Limited by Federal (United States) law to investigational use. Exclusively for clinical investigations in the European Union.
