ESCO MIRI incubator

Manufacturer: AT Medical Ltd, Lithuania

Field of application: In vitro fertilization (IVF).

The ESCO Miri incubator is a new generation of desktop CO2 and O2 multi-gas incubator. It is intended to provide an environment with controlled temperature, CO2 and O2 necessary for the development of gametes and embryos during in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures.

Direct warming of the dishes in the chambers gives superior temperature conditions in comparison to conventional incubators.

The ESCO Miri incubator has 6 fully independent culture heat chambers with 12 individual temperature controllers, controlling and regulating the temperature in the culture chambers and lids.

The heating optimization plates are customized to accommodate several types of dishes, e.g. Falcon, LifeGlobal/GPS, Nipro, Nunc, SparMED, Vitrolife.

The ESCO Miri’s overall design provides cultured embryos a minimum-stress environment. The 6-chamber format prevents cross-contamination while HEPA+VOC filtration cleans the airstream. The chambers are also independent of each other; hence, any disruption such as temperature drop when opening the lid will have no impact on the rest of the system.

Key benefits:

• 6 completely separate heating chambers for safe and secure handling of embryos;
• total capacity of up to 48 standard culture dishes;
• direct heat transfer allows for <1 minute temperature recovery;
• gas recovery time is less than 3 minutes after opening the lid;
• heated lid prevents condensation and enhances temperature regulation and recovery;
• separate CO2 and O2 regulation, expensive mixed gases not required;
• air quality is continuously cleaned by HEPA/VOC filters and UV light;
• large LED display;
• the glass lid tops may also be written on, which is a great organizational function;
• audio and visual alarms for out-of-range parameters of temperature, gas concentration and gas pressure.