ProteX
ProteX® is an innovative, scientifically-designed semen collection cup scientifically-designed to protect sperm health during and after collection. Using ProteX provides your sperm with the most optimal environment to maintain their highest quality.
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Healthy sperm. Happier outcomes.
Keep sperm at its healthiest possible for increased chances at conception. ProteX® provides an innovative collection environment backed by science that protects cell physiology and reduces irreversible damage to cell membranes, mitochondria, and DNA.
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Semen collection scientifically designed and proven to ensure and protect the highest quality sperm sample
One in six couples experience infertility in the US today and in over 60% of all infertility cases male factor is involved. With infertility on the rise, there is a renewed priority to collect the highest quality semen sample for assisted fertility procedures, such as IVF and IUI.
Unlike generic specimen cups, ProteX is the only collection container that provides an optimal environment for sperm health. In fact, it’s so effective that ProteX keeps samples viable for over 24 hours, giving couples the option to collect conveniently at home.
- Higher motility
Up to 50% increase in motility compared to the generic specimen cup within typical processing period. - Total thermal protection
Guard samples against thermal shock, activation, and damaging temperature fluctuations. - Increased sample longevity
By extending sample viability from 1 hour to over 24 hours, ProteX allows for flexible scheduling and processing.
ProteX is proven to reduce stress to your specimen
Research shows the healthiest sperm are exposed to the least stress during collection.
Once out of the body, sperm are sensitive and easily damaged by changes to their environment. Keeping sperm healthy at collection and beyond requires a high level of protection that generic specimen cups were never meant to provide. ProteX is a scientifically designed environment that is both temperature controlled and biologically favorable, so a higher count of sperm remain physiologically stable at a much higher motility.
How it works
Triple insulation prevents temperature changes
Funnel reduces surface area and damaging stress from oxygen exposure
Nutrients and a balanced pH using media extends sperm cell viability beyond a 1-hour window
ProteX vs Standard Specimen Cup
If you collect with the same generic specimen cup method that hasn’t changed since the 1970s, expect the same old results. ProteX is new technology that improves many facets of the collection experience for the patient, practice, and lab. Once you see the side-by-side comparison, you’ll understand just how much more quality, freedom, and flexibility you get with ProteX.
Motility & Sperm Health
ProteX
Standard Specimen Cup
Motility rate trend
Steady increase until processing, then stable at high motility
Steady decrease, even after processing
Sperm count trend
Better maintains male’s typical count with less loss than traditional cup
Decreases at collection and beyond due to shock and activation
Simulates in-the-body conditions
Includes the addition of sperm-healthy media at collection
Effects to sperm biology
Designed and proven to protect acrosome and mitochondrial membranes vital for fertilization
Lack of protection causes damage, leading to less intact membranes, lowering conception chances
Temperature Control
ProteX
Standard Specimen Cup
Motility rate trend
Steady increase until processing, then stable at high motility
Steady decrease, even after processing
ProteX is made in the USA from a proprietary blend of advanced materials that are certified 100% safe for sperm. Almost all specimen cups are made in China from cheap, thin plastic materials, which researchers are now discovering have a negative impact on sperm count and quality.
ProteX is FDA listed Class 1 and Class 2, which means it has to meet special performance requirements and regulatory controls to receive the designation. Generic specimen cups have been used for so many decades that they have been grandfathered in by the FDA without the typical performance proof.
Sample. Test. See for yourself.
Compare ProteX to the standard specimen cup with our sterile sample kit.