SpermVault - 2 Kits - 1 Year

The kit will reach you within 3-5 business days from the date of your purchase. In case you do not receive the kit email us at contactus@lifecell.in

The collection kit has been designed with three layers of protection to ensure that your semen collection kit is absolutely safe, secure, sterile, and tamper-proof when it is handled by multiple personnel and travels through various geographies during transit.

• The collection kit comes with an external carton box wrapped in a tamper-proof outer cover. The outer cover has no mention of the service thus ensuring your privacy while availing the service.
• As a third layer, the sperm collection kit is housed inside a steel canister to serve as protection against external impacts and also serve as an additional temperature maintenance layer.

The amount of semen, sperm count and sperm motility starts decreasing continually from the age of 20. The decrease is quite significant from the age of 30. Hence though there is no specified age for sperm banking, it is recommended to preserve at an early age when all the sperm parameters are at their best.

No. SpermVault is a fertility preservation tool. It ensures that your sperm does not age while you do. The use of stored sperm for conception has been proven to be successful. Medical complications are out of the control of humans. Sperm banking can help you reduce the extent of possible medical and reproductive complications since your sperm is preserved when you are relatively young.

We will store your sperm in cryovials at our Chennai facility.

To maximize your chances with ART, we suggest storing up to 6 cryo-vials for every child. Simply put, you have 6 fertilization opportunities with 2 suitable treatment options. Using our proprietary algorithm based on total motile count and sperm health, your sperms are cryopreserved in a combination of 2 of the following vial types.

At LifeCell, we have curated preservation plans that will help you fulfill your future goals when you are ready to use your frozen sperm. Every individual is unique and so are reproductive goals. This questionnaire will help you frame and assess your reproductive goals to help choose the plan that best suits your needs Take Quiz Now

In the case of a client's death, the stored specimen will be disposed of and the agreement will lapse upon notice to LifeCell of the client’s death.

Yes! At LifeCell, for maximum opportunities to explore the Best Of Both Worlds with minimal effort, we suggest storing 6 cryo-vials for every child - 3 IUI cryo-vials and 3 IVF cryo-vials. Simply put, you have 3 fertilization opportunities with artificial insemination (IUI) and 3 with IVF treatment.

The decision depends upon the choice of the health insurance company and the policy that you have subscribed to. You would need to check your eligibility with your insurance provider.

We will notify you regarding the expiry of your agreement, along with the terms of continued storage. Accordingly, you may choose to enter into a new agreement and continue the storage of your sperms or retrieve your sample.

Two clinical studies on the successful use of human sperm preserved for more than 20 years have been published. In vitro fertilization with semen preserved for 21 years and IUI with semen held for 28 years have both resulted in live infants. In vitro fertilization utilizing semen kept for nearly 40 years has also resulted in the birth of twins.

Post preservation, you can retrieve your sample anytime, on demand! You have complete control over your frozen samples, so you can opt to retrieve them whenever you want, as long as you give us 14 days' notice

Long-term cryo-preservation of the sperms may be associated with risks of either loss of their viability, partial or total loss of the stored Specimen due to reasons beyond the reasonable control of LifeCell. Read the client agreement to know more about collection and testing risks.

No. Your samples are solely owned by you, the client.

After receiving the sample, it is primarily analyzed for concentration and motility and followed by the purification of motile sperm cells by density gradient centrifugation technique. The sample is then analyzed for semen volume, sperm concentration, total number, total motility, progressive motility, morphology, vitality and total motile count. Your results will be ready within 24 hours after we receive your sample.

The processed sample will be aliquoted based on the total motile count (TMC) followed by the addition of cryoprotectant to help sustain the viability of the sperm, controlled rate freezing and finally storage in secured cryo-chambers.

In recent times, studies have shown that cryopreservation or freezing of human sperm has resulted in successful fertilization conducted using the frozen sperm. In order to ensure that your sperm sustains the freezing, storage, and thawing process, a cryoprotectant buffer 9 is added to your sample to protect it. Research suggests that approximately 50% 8 of the sperm survive the freezing, storage, and thawing processes without jeopardizing the viability of the sperm for future use.

It isn't always a problem, as the healthiest of sperms can be frozen and used later, irrespective of the volume.

Yes. Irrespective of your Total Motile Count (TMC), we will preserve your sperms which are of the best quality.

As per LifeCell’s algorithm your sperms are stored in any of the two options as follows:

• IUI - Not less than 15 MIllion Total Motile Count(TMC)
• IVF - Not less than 7.5 MIllion Total Motile Count(TMC)
• ICSI - Not less than 2.5 MIllion Total Motile Count(TMC)

Yes. You may cancel the storage of your sperm anytime by providing us advance intimation. Refer to the “ Effects of Termination ” clause in your client agreement for further details.

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LifeCell shall be liable to pay ₹ 5,00,000 (INR Five Lakhs Only) to the Client within 14 days if any unforeseen circumstances beyond our reasonable control cause potential harm or damage, partially or entirely, to the Specimen during processing and storage. This payment will help offset the cost of any AI and/or ART procedures.

In case your stored sperm is found to be not viable for use in the insemination process, the same needs to be ascertained and confirmed by the clinic / medical practitioner treating the client for ART. In such a case, LifeCell shall, upon validation of data, activate the ‘Quality Guarantee’ clause of the agreement and pay the client INR 5,00,00 (INR Five Lakh Only) to offset the cost of the AI/ART procedure within 14 days.

When you are ready to have a child, you can retrieve the preserved sperm from the sperm bank and utilize the same for the fertilization process to successfully conceive the baby. Once you have completed the necessary documentation and paid a one-time retrieval fee of INR 6,000 (INR Six Thousand Only), your sample will be shipped to the Fertility Clinic of your choice in a cryoshipper.Note that it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the cryoshipper is sent back to LifeCell’s Laboratory. For Penta and Deca plan clients, the first retrieval will be free of cost if the Specimen is transported to a designated ART Clinic / Hospital.

LifeCell shall make available the sample for transfer within 14 days from its laboratory to the designated Fertility Clinic/Hospital using cryo shippers carrying all the handling instructions.

You need to submit the below documents for

• Retrieval request form providing details of treatment and shipment details
• Doctor Declaration form obtained from the doctor who is treating you for artificial insemination for usage of the preserved sperm

Your sperm sample will be released upon verification of the above details and on receipt of shipment charges and security deposit.

Your sperm will be preserved in three separate straws from a single collection, which gives you three opportunities to use your sperm for conception via ART. However, this completely depends on the doctor who is offering you the treatment and their requirements.

No. The use of stored sperm for home insemination is strictly forbidden as per law. LifeCell will not be responsible for the consequences of such a forbidden procedure. The sample would be released only to a Fertility Clinic for insemination under supervision by an authorized medical practitioner.

You would be required to pay the below charges for transportation of your sample to any domestic or international location of your choice where you wish to undergo treatment. Security Deposit: A refundable security deposit of Rs.15,000 towards the cryoshipper which shall be refunded once the cryoshipper is retired to LifeCell in good condition within the stipulated period.