Welcome to Embryo Transplant Microscopes!

Embryo Transplant Microscopes .com is your source for a microscope to use during the embryo transplant process.  This type of procedure is getting more common, especially for horse breeding where the equine embryo is transplanted into the mare. 

What specifications are required for an embryo transplant microscope?  What sets our embryo transplant microscope above the competition?  We searched far and wide for the proper equipment for viewing the embryos.  A number of specifications are needed for proper embryo transfer work.

A good quality low power stereoscopic microscope is needed as the magnification required is about 30x to 40x.  The stereoscopic microscope gives a 3D view of the embryo with depth perception allowing a more accurate analysis of the condition of the embryo.  We also recommend a zoom objective microscope as that gives the ability to incrementally increase or decrease magnification as desired to examine the equine embryo.  We also include a set of 20x microscope eyepieces to allow the embryo to be viewed at double the normal maximum capacity of the microscope using 10x eyepieces.

Illumination is another important issue when selecting the proper embryo transfer microscope.  The embryo needs to be viewed using transmitted illumination, with just a touch of incident illumination from above.  So two light sources are required, and both need to be variable intensity.  Fluorescent lights are cooler but are certainly not recommended for embryo transplant work because of their poor color rendition making it difficult to properly examine the condition of the equine embryo.  We provide halogen microscope bulbs as the illumination sources for the embryo transplant microscope.  However, halogen microscope bulbs are hot, and under a conventional stereoscopic microscope base, the microscope bulb is mounted directly below the microscope stage plate.  This creates an incredibly hot surface on the microscope stage which would quickly deteriorate the equine embryo sitting in a petri dish on the stage.  The solution we have found is a special microscope base illumination system where the halogen microscope bulb is mounted in the rear of the microscope base and the light is transferred via mirror to the microscope stage.  This creates negligible heat and is a favorable condition to the sensitive equine embryo.

We also recommend a trinocular photography port, and include that with all embryo transplant microscopes that we sell.  Often, the embryo is transferred to the receiving mare located far away.  The veterinary doctor will want to review the condition of the embryo as it was earlier and as it is during time of embryo implantation into the mare.  The best way for this is via digital image capture on the trinocular photography port of the microscope.  We provide high resolution digital USB computer connected microscope cameras for this task.