107 results about "Reproductive health" patented technology

A fertility monitoring apparatus measures body temperature and saliva or cervical fluid resistivity. The clinical device includes a sensor, processor and transmitter to wirelessly deliver information to a computerized device such as a smart phone, tablet, or laptop for further analysis and display. The computerized device is programmed with software to receive, analyze, display, and / or transmit the raw or processed information. The programmed computerized device computes fertility information of the user. A central fertility platform includes a programmed computing device, and a database of fertility information from multiple users. Input from user accounts are fed into the platform and stored in the database. Exemplary inputs include the user's age, cycle length, diagnosis of fertility, reproductive health information. The platform both provides feedback to the user and learns from the data collected to improve upon or self-modify calculations using machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining approaches.

The present invention relates to a method for determining the ideal time for and outcome of reproductive health procedures including in vitro fertilization by establishing a correlation between the successful outcome of said procedure and the spectra of a body fluid obtained using a chosen analytical modality for a population of patients, acquiring for a patient a spectrum of the body fluid of the patient using said chosen modality.

A fertility-enhancing supplement contains a balance of compositions and ingredients that will enhance the reproduction system in the female and male to help support conception, while also supporting the anti-aging of the reproductive system, taken in balance to aid in the uptake by the body of certain and particular compositions that are included in this invention. The supplement can include ingredients to assist the female reproductive system to conceive and in the male to aid in the production of more healthy sperm. Such ingredients as glucosamine sulfate are included separately or in conjunction to help the female reproductive system to maintain a youthfulness in the female and are important to the maintaining of the vitality of eggs and reducing the aging process in the development of fertilized eggs, embryos and facilitating the implantation of embryos. The supplement will help in the preservation of the eggs and the reproductive system and the overall reproductive health, as the female ages, and assist the male in sperm production throughout the child bearing years.

The vagina administrated mifepristone preparation for birth control and health reproduction consists of mifepristone or nanometer mifepristone liposome particle as main component, excipient, osmosis promoter, pH regulator, preservative, surfactant, solvent, water and other pharmaceutically acceptable components, and may be prepared into gel, film or other preparation forms. The vagina administrated mifepristone preparation is absorbed through vagina mucous membrane into blood circulation, and has high bioavailability, lowered dosage, less toxic side effect and less stimulation.

The invention relates to a beverage, in particular to a fish collagen composite fruit flavored beverage. The fish collagen composite fruit flavored beverage comprises, in parts by mass, 100 parts of purified water, 4 to 30 parts of fish collagen powder, 3 to 24 parts of berry powder, 2 to 10 parts of pomegranate fruit powder, 1 to 8 parts of pear cactus powder, 0.1 to 1 part of oligochitosan, 0.01 to 0.32 part of epigallocatechin gallate, 0.1 to 30 parts of functional sweeteners, and 0.1 to 1 part of an acidity agent. The fish collagen composite fruit flavored beverage disclosed by the invention is taken as a health drink which combines a variety of natural substances, and is scientific in formula, balanced in nutrition, fresh in fruity taste, and beneficial to firming and moisturizing skin, enhancing elasticity and keeping female reproductive health. The invention further provides a preparation method of the fish collagen composite fruit flavored beverage.

The present invention relates to methods of producing germ-like cells (GLCs) from embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, GLCs produced by such methods, gametes derived from such GLCs, pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing such GLCs, screens that use GLCs to identify agents useful in enhancing mammalian reproductive health, and methods of treatment that use GLCs to enhance mammalian reproductive health.

The invention relates to a surface coating adopting contraceptive for women, which consists of one or more than one active components such as compound, infiltrating accelerant, and humectant in anti-progestin medicine or progestational hormone medicine and estrogen medicine as well as normal raw materials such as oily component, aqueous component, macromolecule material, surface active agent, bacteriostat, chemical inhibitor and spice and so on. The invention can be made into electuary, emulsion, cream, jellies, spray and liquid cream so as to be used in contraception, urgent contraception, lactation contraception and reproductive health. The contraceptive adopts a method of being coated on the skin or the mucosa surface to reach the aim so as to prevent the first-pass effect and the gastrointestinal tract effect of the oral medicine, thereby reducing the injure to the liver and the kidney, reducing toxic and side effect, providing new preparation, method and route of administration for enlarging the range of the medicine-user, and making the contraception become more simple, convenient, easier and more willing to be accepted.

A method and apparatus for personal screening for early signs of cervical cancer is claimed, whereby the user performs daily or almost daily a diagnostic self-check for some other aspect of reproductive health, and the electronic testing for cervical cancer type of tissue aberration is performed automatically in the background. The screening is invisible to the user, causing no anxiety and no discomfort. The user only becomes alerted to the need to see a physician if a preset condition of reproducibility is reached in the background evaluation of the measurement data if the aberrant pattern has been detected consecutively in a preset number of menstrual cycles, the device prompts the woman to see a physician with a view to undergoing a more demanding definitive diagnostic examination such as colposcopy with biopsy. The invention provides the diagnostic screen in a manner that does not cause the discomfort, anguish and anxiety associated with the Pap smear screen of the prior art.

The invention discloses an in vitro maturation culture method of denuded oocytes of mice. The method comprises the following steps: (1) performing in vitro maturation culture on the denuded oocytes; (2) performing parthenogenetic activation on matured denuded oocytes; (3) performing in vitro fertilization on the matured denuded oocytes. According to the method, an environment for artificially simulating natural maturation of oocytes can be created, so that the denuded oocytes can efficiently maturate and grow in vitro and can be subjected to in vitro fertilization and embryonic development as same as normally growing oocytes after in vitro maturation culture. The practice proves that the in vitro maturation culture efficiency of the denuded oocytes of the system is high, the system is mature and stable, and the embryonic development quality of the denuded oocytes is high after in vitro natural fertilization, so that the application and popularization of the denuded oocytes in reproductive health of human beings and genetic breeding of modern livestock can be greatly facilitated. In addition, the operation of obtaining blastulae from the denuded oocytes is simplified and the denuded oocytes serving as ovum sources can be conveniently put into actual production.

A fertility monitoring apparatus measures body temperature and saliva or cervical fluid resistivity. The clinical device includes a sensor, processor and transmitter to wirelessly deliver information to a computerized device such as a smart phone, tablet, or laptop for further analysis and display. The computerized device is programmed with software to receive, analyze, display, and / or transmit the raw or processed information. The programmed computerized device computes fertility information of the user. A central fertility platform includes a programmed computing device, and a database of fertility information from multiple users. Input from user accounts are fed into the platform and stored in the database. Exemplary inputs include the user's age, cycle length, diagnosis of fertility, reproductive health information. The platform both provides feedback to the user and learns from the data collected to improve upon or self-modify calculations using machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining approaches.

The present invention relates to a method for determining the ideal time for and outcome of reproductive health procedures including in vitro fertilization by establishing a correlation between the successful outcome of said procedure and the spectra of a body fluid obtained using a chosen analytical modality for a population of patients, acquiring for a patient a spectrum of the body fluid of the patient using said chosen modality.

Systems and methods of visibly marking a reproductive tract, e.g., at least one ostium of the Fallopian tubes accessed transvaginally and transcervically, to indicate delivery of an occlusion device into the corresponding at least one Fallopian tube to effect contraception are disclosed. Marking is effected by delivery of a dye that stains the ostium and / or extension of the marking member from the delivered occlusion device into view in the uterine cavity or ostium. A catheter (or catheters) preferably introduced through a hysteroscope that illuminates and provides visualization of the uterine cavity and the ostia of the Fallopian tubes is employed to insert each contracted, stent-like, occluding device into each Fallopian tube and to mechanically expand or release to self-expand the occluding device.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine biological preparation for promoting female reproductive health and a preparation method thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine biological preparation comprises radix sophorae flavescentis, fructus cnidii, gallnut, aloe, radix angelica sinensis, cortex phellodendri, safflower, semen cuscutae, roselle, cranberry, propolis, lysozyme, mentholand soybean peptide. The traditional Chinese medicine biological preparation has the advantages that the traditional Chinese medicine biological preparation adopts pure natural traditional Chinese medicine components, is free of irritation to the vagina mucosa, does not destroy the clean environment of the vagina, removes the vagina peculiar smell, eliminates itching, inflammation and erosion, nourishes the vagina, has the functions of bacteriostasis, bacterium resistance, virus resistance and the like, can inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria, can be used for repairing the vaginalmucosa and the cervical injury, and also can promote elasticity and tightness restoration of the vagina, protect the ovary, improve the immunity of organisms and promote the female reproductive health.

In a new pharmaceutical combination, the herb, Vitex agnus-castus (chasteberry), enhances hormone balance by increasing progesterone release and, therefore, ovulation frequency. The antioxidants, green tea, vitamin E, and selenium, improve overall reproductive health. L-arginine, an amino acid, stimulates the reproductive organs by improving circulation. Folic acid, vitamins B6 and B12, iron, zinc and magnesium help promote womens' fertility. Sperms are highly susceptible to free radical or oxidative damage from environmental toxicants and natural aging. Vitamins C and E, coenzyme Q10 and selenium are all potent antioxidants that help improve sperm counts and quality. Ferulic acid, an antioxidant found in Dong quai, also improves sperm quality. Zinc and B vitamins (B6, B12 and folate) are critical nutrients in male reproductive systems for hormone metabolism, sperm formation and motility. The amino acid, L-carnitine, promotes formation of healthy sperm.

Methods of promoting reproductive health in an animal by administering an effective amount of a composition containing at least one transfer factor are provided.

L-carnitine, an amino acid, improves sperm quality and motility. Ferulic acid, an antioxidant found in Dong quai, also improves sperm quality. Sperm are highly susceptible to free radical or oxidative damage from environmental toxicants and natural aging. Vitamins C and E, green tea, and selenium are all potent antioxidants that help improve overall reproductive health. Zinc and B vitamins (B6, B 12 and folate) are critical nutrients in male reproductive systems for hormone metabolism, sperm formation and motility.

The invention provides a calculation method and device of natural contraception. The calculation method and device of natural contraception apply to an electric device, the electric device stores historical data of a user, and the historical data comprises historical menstrual status data and historical basal body temperature data. The method comprises the steps of obtaining and storing current day data of the user, the current day data comprises current day basal body temperature data of the user and current day menstrual status data of the user; combined with the current day data and the historical data, whether the user belongs to the pre-ovulation infertility period or post-ovulation infertility period is automatically judged, and whether the user needs contraceptive measures in sexual life on the day is indicated. Therefore, through complete and accurate algorithm and judgment logic, whether the user is in the period of being able to be pregnant or not being able to be pregnant in the day is automatically calculated, so as to guide the user's sexual life arrangement to realize natural contraception. The method is high in accuracy, easy to use, beneficial to reproductive health of women of childbearing age, and improves the user experience.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine paste preparation capable of tonifying kidney and kidney yin for women and a preparation method of the traditional Chinese medicine paste preparation. The traditional Chinese medicine paste preparation comprises semen cuscutae, ginseng, deer-horn glue, glossy privet fruit, prepared rehmannia roots, wolfberry fruit, rhizoma polygonati, herba epimedii, fried rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, angelica sinensis, rhizoma curculiginis, Chinese yam, fried eucommia ulmoides, fructus alpiniae oxyphyllae, cynomorium songaricum, asparagus cochinchinensis, bletilla striata, fried astragalus membranaceus, morinda officinalis, dipsacus roots, radix salviae miltiorrhizae and achyranthes roots; the prepared rehmannia roots, the herba epimedii, radix asparagi, eclipta alba, salted rhizoma anemarrhenae, the dipsacus roots, honey-fried licorice roots and longan aril as the main drugs, the ligusticum wallichii powder, dogwood, paenoiae alba, human placenta and poria cocos as the adjuvants, the traditional Chinese medicine paste preparation nourishes kidney essence, tonifies the spleen, regulating the liver, replenishes qi and enriches blood after being eaten by the women; the traditional Chinese medicine paste preparation helps to treat irregular menstruation, oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea and infertility, improves the low ovarian reserve function and premature ovarian failure, promotes the reproductive health of women, delays ageing, and improves the immunological function; the traditional Chinese medicine paste preparation leads to black hair, removes black spots, helps to grow and moisten the hair, leads to a contented look, and helps to improve the looks.

The invention discloses a collagen cranberry fruit beverage and a preparation method thereof. The collagen cranberry fruit beverage is prepared from collagen powder, cranberry condensed juice, fructushippophae powder, haematococcus pluvialis powder, prebiotics, a functional sweetening agent, a thickening agent and water. The preparation method of the collagen cranberry fruit beverage comprises the following steps of (1) uniformly premixing a part of the collagen powder with the thickening agent, then adding water for dissolving the collagen powder and the thickening agent to obtain a mixture,then adding the mixture into a colloid mill, performing homogenizing and dispersing, then adding remaining raw materials, and performing homogenizing and dispersing; and (2) dumping the materials inthe colloid mill, performing filtration, then canning filtrate, performing sealing, and then performing high-temperature sterilization. The collagen cranberry fruit beverage disclosed by the inventionis a high-protein healthy beverage, and not only can complement collagen running off from skins and nourish the skin but also can discharge toxins from human bodies and recuperate microenvironment ofintestinal tracts. In addition, the collagen cranberry fruit beverage can improve reproductive health of women, and is sour and sweet in mouth feel, easy to digest and absorb, free from any pigment and essence, and healthy and safe.

An equine nutritional composition comprising: i) a first component comprising micronutrients, wherein said micronutrients include: the amino acids L-carnitine, L-arginine, L-cysteine and, optionally, L-lysine; folate; and, at least one mineral element selected from the group consisting of: selenium, iron, calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc and manganese; and, ii) a second component comprising one or more fatty acids selected from each of the groups: omega-3 fatty acids; and, omega-6 fatty acids. The equine nutritional composition has utility in improving aspects of the reproductive health of stallions.

The invention relates to the technical field of animal reproduction, in particular to a method for increasing the reproductive rate of heterocephalus glabers. According to the method, behavioristics observation, cunnus state observation and vaginal smear detection are conducted on the heterocephalus glabers, and whether the heterocephalus glabers are in the oestrum or not is judged accurately; and furthermore, the male heterocephalus glabers of the same cage source are selected to be put into a rearing cage of the female heterocephalus glabers, cage combination is conducted according to the proportion of one to one, copulatory behavior observation is conducted, and thus the purpose of identifying whether the male heterocephalus glabers copulate with the female heterocephalus glabers or not is achieved. The reproduction method is easy to operate, accurate in oestrum and copulation judgment and high in gestation success rate of the heterocephalus glabers.

The invention relates to a drug reacting on the reproductive system of the mammalian, in particular to a drug which can be used for improving reproductive ability and sexuality of the male mammalian. The drug is characterized in that: more specifically, the drug is one of optical isomers in the 2-[(diphenylmethyl) sulfinyl] acetamide, namely (+)-2-[(diphenylmethyl) sulfinyl] acetamide and derivatives. The drug has the advantages that: the drug can be used for promoting increase of the quantity and improvement of the quality (such as survival rate, active degree and morphology of the sperm) of the sperm of the male mammalian, increasing the volume and the weight of the testis and improving sexuality; thus the drug can be used for improving reproductive ability and sexuality of the male mammalian and promoting reproductive health.

The invention discloses a composition for promoting meiotic resumption of oocytes of sows and application of the composition. The composition comprises vectors and extracts of ajuga forrestii, oregano, horseradish, cinnamon, rosemary, dunaliella and rhoeo discolor. The composition and the application have the advantages that meiotic resumption of the oocytes of the sows can be promoted, the quality of the oocytes can be improved, the reproductive performance of the sows can be improved, the reproductive lives of the sows can be prolonged, the composition is favorable for activating c-mos and AMPK (adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase), accordingly, starting of the meiotic resumption of the oocytes of the sows can be promoted, the quality of the oocytes of the sows can be improved, the conception rates and the pregnancy proportions of the sows can be increased, the reproductive health of the sows can be promoted, the immunity and health conditions of the sows can be improved, and the service lives of the sows can be prolonged; the composition can be added into feed for the sows, so that the quantities of eliminated sows among reservation sows and adult sows due to poor oocyte quality of the sows can be greatly reduced, the sow elimination rate can be lowered, and the service lives of high-parity sows can be prolonged; the costs of pig farms can be reduced, and the productivity of the pig farms can be improved.

The invention discloses feed used for cows at a pregnancy period and capable of improving the survival rate of embryos and promoting reproductive health of the cows and a preparation method of the feed. By virtue of the feed disclosed by the invention, the survival rate of the embryos can be improved, accidental abortion of the cows at the pregnancy period is prevented, the birth weight of calves is improved, the birth death rate of the calves is reduced and the growth performance of the calves after birth is enhanced; the feed contains diversified nutrients, has sufficient energy and can meet nutritional requirements of the cows and the calves; and semen cuscutae, bighead atractylodes rhizomes and radix scutellariae are matched so that the reproductive function of the cows can also be improved and the reproductive health is facilitated.

The invention provides a B ultrasonic all-in-one machine of the pregnancy management and the reproductive health services, comprising a host, an ultrasonic probe module, identity information acquisition equipment, information input equipment and a display, wherein, the ultrasonic probe module, the identity information acquisition equipment, the information input equipment and the display are connected with the host; the host is provided with a pregnant woman information management unit, an image processing unit and a fetus reproductive organ image library which is connected with the image processing unit; and an image mask processing module is arranged in the image processing unit. The B ultrasonic all-in-one machine of the pregnancy management and the reproductive health services provided by the invention can avoid parents from watching the sex of fetuses by ultrasonic scanning, reduces the gender imbalance of the newborn infants, simultaneously can track the defective fetuses and carry out early intervention.

The invention provides an oral administration medicament for preventing complications of induced abortion operation, which comprises peach kernel 10-15g, safflower 8-10g, Chinese angelica root 10-15g, rhubarb horsetails 10-15g and spatholobus stem 15-30g.

The present invention relates to a method for determining the ideal time for and outcome of reproductive health procedures including in vitro fertilization by establishing a correlation between the successful outcome of said procedure and the spectra of a body fluid obtained using a chosen analytical modality for a population of patients, acquiring for a patient a spectrum of the body fluid of the patient using said chosen modality.

The invention provides a technology of isolating and culturing umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cords of volunteers for reproductive health, relates to the fields of basic medicine and reproductive health medical science. Stem cells are isolated and purified from umbilical cord tissues of a volunteer, and cultured for multiplication in a particular culture system. When the total stem cells reach a certain number, the stem cells are used for maintenance of the reproductive system through intravenous infusion. The mesenchymal stem cells can be used for maintenance of reproductive system and treatment of dysfunction, and have the advantages that the source is rich, the cells are stored in kind and can be recovered or cultured and amplified when necessary, the in vitro amplification ability is high, tissue typing is not needed for transplantation, and the graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection do not occur. The umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell technology for health care or treatment has no toxic side effects and adverse reactions.

The invention provides health food or a nutritious supplement, which is prepared from vitamin E, folic acid, vitamin B12 and appropriate ingredients, wherein the content of the vitamin E is 10 to 500mg, the content of the folic acid is 0.2 to 2.0mg, and the content of the vitamin B1 is 5 to 100mu g. The health food provided by the invention has a beautifying and anti-aging effect, and has an auxiliary protection effect on reproductive health of women at childbearing age and cardiovascular heath of middle-aged and old women. The health food provided by the invention has the advantages that function-related vitamins are carefully chosen, specific to paricular groups of people, various ingredients have a synergistic effect in efficacy, and accurate nutritional characteristics are embodied.