Sperm Class Analyzer® CASA System

More than just basic semen analysis:

  • SCA® CASA System allows for accurate, repetitive and automatic assessment of the following sperm parameters:

    • Motility and Concentration

    • Morphology

    • DNA Fragmentation

    • Vitality

    • Acrosome Reaction

  • Follows parameters of WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human sperm

  • System constantly updated to include the ultimate state-of-the art technology and works with current Windows operating systems

  • SCA® accommodates several platforms of hardware and software, being able to suit distinct needs such as:

    • Fertility Clinics

    • Hospital Labs

    • Multi-site centers with central Laboratory and Satellites

    • Animal or Fish Research Centers

    • Production Centers

    • University Research Centers

  • Customized reports designed to your specifications that can include:

    • patient (animal) demographics

    • any required results

    • graphics

    • anlaysis images

    • letterhead

    • electronic signature

SCA® Human Catalog

Allows for the quantitative assessment of the following semen parameters:

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  • SCA® Motility and Concentration module for the automatic analysis of sperm motility and concentration in a sample

  • Detects the spermatozoa automatically

  • Samples can be analyzed under:

    • positive phase contrast

    • negative phase contrast

    • fluorescence

  • Incorporates the innovation of an intelligent filter, is able to detect the tail of the spermatozoa, thus permitting the correct analysis of samples containing debris

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  • SCA® Morphology is a module that permits the automatic morphometry analysis and morphology classification of human stained sperm samples observed in brightfield microscopy

  • Simultaneously evaluates the dimensions of the acrosome, head, midpiece, tail and the presence of vacuoles

  • Spermatozoa are recorded as normal or abnormal, following established criteria: W.H.O., Strict Kruger-Tygerberg, David modified, Adaptative or Customized

  • Assessment of all possible defects at the same time: TZI, SDI, MAI, ERC

  • Several staining are compatible: Sperm Stain, SpermBlue, Diff-Quik, Papanicoulau, Shorr or Goldcyto-SB prestained slides and SCA® contains the appropriate correction factors

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  • SCA® Vitality is a module that automatically provides the percentage of live and dead spermatozoa in a human semen sample

  • Analysis is performed under fluorescence microscopy, in samples stained with FluoVit vital staining, that allows the differentiation between alive sperm (in blue), and the dead sperm (in red)

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  • SCA® DNA Fragmentation is a module for the counting of DNA fragmented and non fragmented spermatozoa, in human samples treated with kits based on the Sperm Chromatin Dispersion (SCD) as GoldCyto DNA

  • Spermatozoa are recognized and classified automatically into fragmented or non fragmented spermatozoa, following the established analysis criteria

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  • SCA® Acrosome reaction is a module that automatically provides the percentage of acrosome intact and acrosome reacted spermatozoa in a human semen sample

  • Automatically measures the percentage intact acrosomes in washed/diluted sperm samples.

  • Induce the acrosome reaction, such as Ca++ ionophore, by using a biological substitute

  • Analysis is performed under fluorescence microscopy, in samples stained with FluoAcro kit, that allows the differentiation between acrosome intact sperm (bright green) and acrosome reacted sperm (blue)

 

SCA® Editions

SCA® has multiple editions adapted to suit the various user´s needs:

  • Human:  The most integral application for human andrology labs

  • Veterinary:  Designed for users analyzing animal sperm (numerous species available)

  • Toxicology:  Adapted to analyze rat and/or mouse semen

  • Research:  The most complete and flexible SCA®, the union of human, veterinary and toxicology editions

  • Production:  Designed for production centers that automatically provides the number of optimal doses that can be obtained

SCA® Additional modules

Complimenting modules to enhance the SCA®:

  • SCA® dataShare:  Enables sharing data with any local database

  • SCA® Stage:  Controller for SCA® motorized stage

  • SCA® Sample management:  Provided with all analysis modules, allows the management of the data and results remotely

  • SCA® Manual counter:  Useful tool for manual counting of any cellular sample

SCA® Capture and Support

Unitary systems that allow viewing or capturing of SCA® files:

  • SCA® Capture:  Image capture software to use in connection with a main SCA® station

  • SCA® Viewer:  Free software that allows to display SCA® images and videos on any computer

  • SCA® Editor:  System that allows the opening of SCA® sessions, enabling to edit or re-analyze these images

  • SCA-PACK-H-02          SCA® Pack Human Edition: 1. SCA® Motility and Concentration + 2. SCA® Morphology + 3. SCA® Manual Counter