Sense™ Single and Double Lumen

A delicate procedure that requires gentle handling

The oocyte is the largest cell in the human body and is extremely vulnerable. Retrieving an oocyte exposes it to considerable stress, including transfer from the follicle, passage through the needle and tubing, and exposure to the laboratory environment.

It is also a critical procedure involving a lot of anxiety for the patient.

One way to support a successful outcome is to use a needle that enables a fast and precise procedure. This will minimise stress and ensure that the maximum number
of intact oocytes can be retrieved.

Using a needle that causes minimal tissue damage will also lessen complications and patient discomfort.

Sense Single Lumen

The Sense needle has a 17G body and a 20G needle tip. This unique design provides ideal conditions for optimised control, aspiration time and improved patient comfort.

The reduced tip gives you the advantages of a small sized needle; less bleeding and less pain^1,2,3. As only the tip is reduced, the rigidity and flow are maintained, ensuring accurate guidance while helping to maximise the number of oocytes collected.

With Sense you keep the benefits working with a conventional needle and gain the advantages of a thin needle. It makes sense.

Sense Double Lumen

The Sense Double Lumen needle has a 16G body and a 19G needle tip. The unique design makes it an ideal needle to work with and has the control and precision you need with optimal aspiration time. With Sense you keep the benefits of working with a conventional needle and gain the advantages of a thin needle.

Sense Double Lumen is based on the tried and trusted Sense Single Lumen needle, which features a reduced tip for less bleeding and pain, and a larger body for optimal precision and retrieval time. The new Sense Double Lumen gives you the same reduced tip and larger body, while also adding the possibility of easy flushing of the follicles during pick-up.

Colour coded peel-off labels

All needle labels are colour coded to simplify identification of needle type. The peel-off labels facilitate patient journal handling. 

Double sterile pack to meet surgical standards

Each needle is individually packaged in a double sterile barrier to avoid contamination in the operating theatre.

Endotoxin free

To detect toxic materials, Vitrolife has developed a very sensitive 1-cell mouse embryo assay (MEA) that follows the development of single-cell mouse embryos to hatching blastocysts. This assay is far more sensitive than the widely used 2-cell MEA.