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OCTAX Laser Shot™ system for ART.
  • highest optical and mechanical quality
  • complete with imaging software and database
  • highest optical and mechanical quality
  • outstanding scientific background:
    • 1st birth after laser assisted hatching (1.48 µm)
    • 1st birth after laser assisted blastomere biopsy and PGD
    • 1st birth after laser assisted polar body biopsy
    • 1st birth after laser assisted immobilization of spermatozoa
    • 1st pregnancy after laser assisted zona drilling for ICSI
    • 1st ongoing pregnancy after laser assisted removal of necrotic blastomeres from cryopreserved embryos

Next generation laser technology for ART featuring digital control, digital treatment and digital video/image processing combined with highest optical and mechanical quality.

About this product...

  • History
    The OCTAX Laser Shot™, introduced to the market in 10/1999, is the 2nd generation infrared diode laser developed by Dr. Klaus Rink of OCTAX Microscience GmbH, based on extensive experience with the first commercial 1,48 um infrared diode laser (Fertilase), introduced to the market 1996/1997, director research and development Dr. Klaus Rink, Physicist.
     
  • Product information
    Superior drilling precision and reproducibility < 1µm.
    No realignment necessary due to highest optical and mechanical quality.
     
  • Technical specifications
    Adapts to all major microscope brands used in ART today and tomorrow.
    Excellent safety of operator (IEC 60825-10 Laser class 1M) and specimen due to unparalleled superior drilling efficiency. Elegant and compact design (see the tech specs for a comprehensive list of technical data).

     
  • Scientific background
    Fundamental articles and papers published from 1994 - 2002 (see enclosed lists of original articles and puplished abstracts) by the group of EPFL and CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland (Klaus Rink, Guy Delacrétaz, René Salathé, Marc Germond, Alfred Senn) and other authors
     
  • Applications
    Including but not limited to laser assisted hatching, laser assisted blastomere biopsy and PGD, laser assisted polar body biopsy, laser assisted immobilization of spermatozoa, laser assisted zona drilling for ICSI

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