Low Japanese birth rates have led a company to develop a sperm count system that can be done from the comfort of your home, simply using the mobile.
The invention was designed by Yoshitomo Kobori in collaboration with the University of Illinois, in Chicago, and allows perform a sperm quantity and quality analysis In just a few seconds. Only the mobile camera and a device where the sample is placed are needed. Then an application offers the results of the analysis to find out possible derivatives of sperm quality.
In privacy and reliable
In Japan they are very careful with intimacy, so a homemade test for the control of male fertility is really a solution to rule out preliminary problems. It is not a test so precise as to know if the sperm are viable for fertilization, but it does allow to assess the mobility and the amount of them. And it seems, the results are very reliable.
The kit incorporates a microscopic camera that attaches to the phone and allows to enlarge the sample image by 555. By placing the semen on a laminated sheet, with only three seconds of recording a fertility self-test can be done. These images also have value for later medical consultation, if applicable.
According to the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Results obtained are almost identical to those offered by a fertility clinic, so for what was previously required of professional intervention today it can be done from the comfort of home and without embarrassment.
It even shows the data in graphical form, so a man can check his sperm count with the averages set by the World Health Organization (WHO). According to this organism, the number of sperm in an ejaculation should be at least 39 million, while the concentration of sperm should be at least 15 million per milliliter.
The Tenga Men's Loupe test can be purchased at pharmacies in Japan for about 13 euros at the exchange rate, and is expected to reach the rest of the world in the coming months.
