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BONUS 315: INVOcell
Today’s bonus episode guest is Dr. Sue Ellen Carpenter, founding physician and CEO of Bloom Fertility in Atlanta.
Dr. Carpenter and Heather discuss INVOcell as an alternative to IVF:
INTRODUCTION
- I’d like to start by introducing you to our audience. Tell us who you are, where you work, what you do, and how you got to where you are today.
- Take us through your career journey.
- Why did you choose to go into medicine?
- I understand, although you did not go through infertility yourself, that your children experienced infertility. Are you able to tell us their stories?
INVOCELL
- Let’s start with the basics of the INVOcell device itself.
- How does the process work, and how does it feel to the patient? Can you walk us through it step-by-step?
- I always thought that anesthesia is used in IVF because of the pain involved in the procedure. Is that not the case?
- What should patients be doing during the incubation period for INVOcell?
- Since the transfers are always fresh transfers, are you able to save any embryos afterward for freezing?
- Is there a typical patient who would benefit from INVOcell?
- I presume that INVOcell can also be used with donor sperm?
- How does INVOcell compare to IVF as far as success rates?
- Do you know offhand how many pregnancies and live births have occurred with the use of INVOcell?
- Are there any other benefits to INVOcell as compared to IVF that you haven’t discussed?
- Is INVOcell ever used to bank embryos?
- How often can INVOcell be used? Is there a limit?
- We’ve talked a lot about the benefits of INVOcell, but are there any risks?
- Do you know where the idea for INVOcell came from originally?
- Since that initial idea, what materials and manufacturing practices went into the development that we know today?
- Once it entered the market and was used routinely, has INVOcell changed?
- Where is INVOcell being used?
- Speaking more broadly, are there any trends you have witnessed in women struggling with infertility?
WRAPPING UP
- What is your biggest piece of advice for people struggling with infertility?
- Is there anything else you’d like to add about INVOcell?