The use of Time Lapse technology has enabled scientists to gain a better understanding of embryonic development, and make decisions about embryo selection with the help of more information. Using the above methods, approximately 24% of embryos implanted with in vitro fertilization resulted in healthy babies at home, from the development of Time Lapse technology, experts believe that this number can increase to about 74% globally.

Time Lapse technology monitors embryo development

Time Lapse technology is used to evaluate the development of embryos at regular time intervals. This information is analyzed by the computer. With previous methods, the embryos were removed from the incubator once a day and analyzed by a specialist, with the use of Time Lapse technology and the use of computers. The embryo remains in the incubator during the analysis.

Photographs taken at regular intervals of 5, 10 or 20 minutes allow a detailed understanding of the development of the embryos. The shorter the intervals, the more information you will get to analyze. The system uses this information and an algorithm to analyze is the development of embryos and determine which of them have the best chances of becoming babies.

This technology has allowed a more accurate understanding of the embryos. Research has found that embryos with chromosomal abnormalities take more than 100 hours to reach the blastocyst stage. From this new technology, the system is able to identify which of these embryos may have a Increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities.

The moments in embryonic development are crucial and the computer has the ability to determine which embryos have slow development. These embryos may appear the same as their counterparts, however they have lower chances of success. For example, the time that a blastocyst takes to form completely can be a health indicator.

In this way, Time Lapse technology offers specialists more information about the health of the embryo, and selection for implantation 25% of the embryos that have the potential to become a healthy baby.

Benefits of time lapse in the patient experience

In addition to the advantages when it comes to obtaining and interpreting information, and selecting the embryos for the implantation process, Time Lapse technology allows patients to have a better understanding of the fertilization process and an approach from the first moments. It also allows the specialist, as a visual support, to easily and clearly communicate the moments of the process and the developments to the future parents.

At Reprotec, as pioneers and technology leaders in the country, we use Time Lapse technology for the well-being of our patients.