CONTAINER UNIT AND METHOD FOR FERTILIZING, CULTIVATING AND TRANSFERRING AN EMBRYO Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine; medical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: device has casing having an opening for introducing culturing medium, one or several ovocytes and sperm with following embryo(s) taking away using removal catheter and self-sealing closure means for selectively opening or closing the opening in container casing. The casing has basic chamber for placing culturing medium, ovocytes and sperm therein and micro-chamber for collecting and following taking out one or several embryos. The casing has means for restricting access to the micro-chamber with removal catheter or pipette. The micro-chamber is connected to the main chamber. Method involves preparing container, filling the container with culturing medium and introducing one or several ovocytes and sperm into the culturing medium, closing the opening, incubating the closed container for fertilizing and cultivating ovocytes, creating conditions favorable for produced embryo(s) migrating into the micro-chamber and taking one or several embryo(s) from the micro-chamber using catheter or pipette.

EFFECT: simplified method.

22 cl, 15 dwg