The G185 Incubator – A Japanese Case story

With several hundreds installations into IVF Laboratories worldwide, K-SYSTEMS G185 Bench top incubator is an ideal
device for your laboratory. Sixteen units have been supplied for the Asada Ladies Clinic, Nagoya Aichi in Japan. The clinic initially started with four units and used them for almost a year. After a conclusive published comparison between the G185 and conventional incubators, they opted to equip their new modern facility with twelve more units. “The K-SYSTEMS G185’s advantages are that in culture rooms with limited space, it is smaller than existing models, and cleaning and management are much simpler as it operates without humidification. We also think that it could possibly lead to complete individualisation of embryo culture. In frozen-thawed transfer cycles the Day 3 good embryo rate was significantly higher with the G185”. (Abstract of a published paper in 2010 by Noritaka Fukanaga – Comparison of Embryo Development between a New Concept Incubator and the Current Model.)

The G185 Incubator is composed of 10 individual culture chambers each can accommodate up to 4 dishes. When
placing cells in an individual chamber, the G185 has a fast recovery to homeostatic conditions due to fast returns of
temperature, CO2 and O2 levels. Furthermore, the unit is equipped with an integrated VOC and HEPA filter, ensuring a
grade A air quality. The G185 is cost effective in daily use due to a very low gas consumption using 1 l/h of CO2 and 12 l/h of N2. The unit accepts 100% CO2 and 100% N2. Its built-in gas mixer allows a working range of 2-10% of CO2 and
2-20% of O2. The G185 has as a standard Windows® based data logging system with internal and external alarms.