Nidoil™

Some procedures for IVF and ICSI use an oil overlay to protect small volumes of culture medium from evaporation in the incubator and to help dampen the effects of sudden changes in temperature, gas saturation, and pH. Likewise, gamete manipulation under the microscope requires the gametes to be held in small drops of medium under oil, to maintain a constant environment within the culture medium. NidOil is a paraffin oil overlay designed with gametes and embryos in mind.

Nidacon’s NidOil is neither sticky nor too viscous, optimized to facilitate pipetting, but sufficiently viscous to prevent movement of the drops of media around the culture dish. There have been several reports of paraffin oils becoming embryo-toxic after exposure to light on the laboratory bench. As a precaution against any light-induced changes, NidOil is supplied in amber, screw-top bottles.

Features

• In vitro overlay for gametes and zygotes.
• Maintains a constant environment within the culture medium.
• Neither sticky nor overly viscous
• Sufficiently thick to prevent movement of the drops of media around the culture dish in order to facilitate pipetting
• Supplied in amber, screw-top bottles to prevent any light-induced changes (there have been several reports of paraffin oils becoming embryo-toxic after exposure to light on the laboratory bench).