Egg preparation in an intelligent automated in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection platform
US12268418B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 2, 2024 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2044 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/03
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for automated, artificial-intelligence-based COC retrieval includes using an artificial intelligence/machine learning system (AI/ML system) to optically scan a follicular fluid sample to produce an image object using an imaging system that includes a microscopy system, a camera system, and a lighting system. The method includes comparing the image object to a predetermined threshold using an AI/ML system, wherein the predetermined threshold is at least in part an optical pattern with a probability of corresponding to a cumulus-oocyte-complex (COC). The method includes identifying a COC within the follicular fluid sample based at least in part on the image object satisfying the predetermined threshold. The method includes determining a COC location within the follicular fluid sample based at least in part on identifying a region of the image object corresponding to an optical pattern within the image object that satisfies the predetermined threshold.
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