Abstract: An IVF system for successfully utilizing spermatozoa separated into X-chromosome bearing and into Y-chromosome bearing population for insemination. The IVF system includes fertilization medium that can shorten the time from insemination to cleavage and a portable incubator for the transportation of maturing oocytes and inseminated oocytes comrprising a straw (19) and an incubation element (20) that can be sealed with a cap (22).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 29, 2001
Date of Patent:
August 22, 2006
Assignees:
XY, Inc., Colorado State University Through Its Agent Colorado State University Reseach Foundation
Inventors:
George E. Seidel, Tae Kwang Suh, Kehuan Lu