Hanahealth Expands GERI Time-Lapse Incubator Nationwide

CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Reiterating its commitment to revolutionising IVF treatment in India, Hanahealth by DSS Imagetech, the authorised partner of Sydney-based Genea Biomedx, has launched the advanced GERI Time-Lapse Incubator pan India.

GERI, the next-generation Time Lapse embryo culture system from Genea Biomedx, is ideal for IVF clinics, labs adopting digital transformation, centres working toward accreditation, and research-focused fertility groups as it enables them to modernize their processes and improve IVF outcomes.

GERI helps infertility experts to closely monitor embryo development at every crucial stage in a stable culture environment indirectly contributing to higher pregnancy rates. Each of the incubator’s six independent chambers has its own dedicated five-megapixel camera to provide detail time-lapse views of each embryo at very high resolution. The camera in each chamber can capture images of up to 11 focal planes of each embryo every five minutes.

“The GERI Time Lapse Incubator offers a highly sophisticated and controlled environment for embryo development, allowing us to monitor the embryos continuously without disruption. Its integrated time-lapse technology provides real-time imaging and detailed tracking of embryo development, enabling the clinics to make more informed decisions about embryo selection, ultimately enhancing the success rates,” said A.R. Ghatak, Sr. Vice President, IVF Division, Hanahealth by DSS.

For embryologists seeking standardised, AI-supported objective grading, GERI reduces environmental fluctuations that harm embryos and helps them increase consistency and objectivity in embryo grading while enhancing their patient confidence through transparent communication.

“Time-Lapse embryo incubation in GERI, the game changer device for us in the IVF lab, has enabled SETs (single embryo transfers) with high pregnancy rates. Since the inception of the GERI ecosystem in our IVF lab, we have switched over to 100% embryo cultured under time-lapse and can not think of a scenario without GERI,” Dr. Martin Jobst Greuner, Laboratory Director in the clinic – IVF-Saar-IVF, Saarbrucken, Germany.

Embryo selection is central to IVF success making the precise visibility of a time lapse incubator crucial for IVF specialists. Even subtle abnormalities in pronuclear behaviour can indicate chromosomal abnormalities or early developmental arrest allowing embryologists to identify abnormal embryos at an early stage and not transfer them to a womb.