SpermPrep II Filtration Column

SpermPrep® Filtration Columns Offer:

• Improved Yield: Extensive studies concluded that SpermPrep I & II have consistently improved yields of progressively motile and morphologically normal sperm and when compared to alternative methods.
• Time Savings: Sample processing with both the SpermPrep I & II are typically completed within 25 minutes.
• Safe & Convenient: The SpermPrep Columns are Gamma Ray sterilized, individually packaged and disposable.
• Simple: The columns are easy to use and require minimum handling.
• Selective: SpermPrep selects DNA-healthy fertile spermatozoa during filtration.
• Economical: Priced to reduce the cost to your patients.

Oligospermic and post thaw specimens: SpermPrep I disposable semen filtration columns have been shown to dramatically improve the recovery of motile sperm in processed oligospermic and post-thaw specimens in comparison to the conventional swim-up technique. Twenty specimens prepared by both the SpermPrep I and swim-up methods were assessed for motility, grade, morphology, intact acrosomes,debris present, and concentration recovered.

The samples showed no significant differences in any of the qualitative measurements; however, the number of sperm recovered by the SpermPrep I method was 58% of the original concentration vs 7% by swim-up. A further comparison of total functional sperm fraction (total sperm recovered [x10⁶] x percent motility x percent normal spermatozoa/[1.0x10⁶]) showed a 341% improvement in yield by SpermPrep I vs swim-up¹.