The Effect of “Personal Lubricants” on Sperm Quality Personal lubricants’ effect on sperm motility: Four students from the University of Aalborg used the SCA CASA system to conduct a study accessing the topic of personal lubricants’ effect on male fertility. Many couples use personal lubricants to enhance pleasure during intercourse, but not [...]
First comprehensive CASA study of Free ranging African elephant sperm in the wild: What does it take? It is seldom realized what it really takes to perform such a formidable research task in the total wilderness. It is not as if there are ten elephants behind bars waiting for semen collection in [...]
Vall d’Hebron University Hospital team Microptic and Vall d’Hebron University Hospital have recently completed a comparative study between manual and automatic analysis of semen samples to show the advantages of using CASA systems in sperm assessment, specifically in using new device SCA SCOPE. To do so, our engineers installed a [...]
The 35th Annual Meeting of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) was held in Vienna, Austria. Our company exhibited a beautiful booth with a big sperm illuminated and presented the main features of the new SCA SCOPE and the Sperm Class Analyzer (SCA) CASA System, as well as the software [...]
Five PhD students of the Comparative Spermatology Group in Cape Town all use the SCA CASA system with great effect! Cape Town must have among the most active SCA CASA users in the world in a radius of 25 km. Approximately 30 scientists, students and embryologists from the University of the Western [...]
New ventures in our understanding of sperm functionality In 2016 I wrote a blog on standardization of semen analysis in humans but with the emphasis on reviewing sperm motility analysis since the 1600’s until 2016. I showed the importance of standardization of quantitative semen analyses and the power of CASA in assisting [...]
Take a look at our disposables list with new updates. Discover the new products: Counting chambers SCA, Morphology slides SCA, Vitality slides SCA and Leukocytes slides SCA. All new ones are compatible with SCA SCOPE. Counting chambers SCA Disposable counting chambers to analyse motility, concentration and pH of semen Morphology slides SCA [...]
Microptic, a leading company in the field of semen analysis, has developed a new product, SCA SCOPE, the first totally automated medical device for human semen assessment. The product goes on sale today, January 1st. Our company will take the opportunity to introduce the new SCA SCOPE at MEDLAB 2019 (booth Z1.C54) [...]
A new CASA system for East Africa, Tanzania, for the National Artificial Insemination Centre: A unique situation! Fig. 1: Entrance to NAIC with administrative quarters and laboratories. In Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa there is a great need to improve the quality of livestock in general and particulalrly cattle such [...]
For the first time, Microptic will have a booth (Hall 15 / F21), in collaboration with FENIN, at MEDICA 2018, the leading international trade fair for the medical sector, from 12 to 15 of November, in Düsseldorf, Germany. At this special edition our company will present the new product SCA SCOPE, the [...]
