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Ovation Fertility Deploys Matcher Across Its Nationwide Network of IVF and Genetics Labs

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Ovation® Fertility has partnered with IMT Matcher and NextGen LifeLabs to roll out the Matcher e-witnessing system across its nationwide network of IVF and genetics laboratories in 2021, generating data the company can use to analyze every aspect of lab operations and precisely target its continuous improvement initiatives.

Matcher is a barcode-based electronic witnessing, labeling, scheduling and traceability system, created for IVF centers and donor banks to help prevent errors caused by misidentification of patients and their gametes and embryos. Matcher creates an electronic record of “who, what, where and when” at every step of the IVF, preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) and cryopreservation processes in the lab. In addition to a comprehensive bar-coded labeling system, the system includes workflow scheduling, lot tracking, end-to-end photographic evidence, and reporting features that will help drive improvement initiatives in every Ovation laboratory.

Ovation® Fertility has partnered with IMT Matcher and NextGen LifeLabs to roll out the Matcher e-witnessing system across its nationwide network of IVF and genetics laboratories in 2021, generating data the company can use to analyze every aspect of lab operations and precisely target its continuous improvement initiatives.

About Ovation

Ovation® Fertility is a national network of reproductive endocrinologists and scientific thought leaders focused on reducing the cost of having a family through more efficient and effective fertility care. Ovation’s IVF and genetics laboratories, along with affiliated physician practices, work collaboratively to raise the bar for IVF treatment, with state-of-the-art, evidence-based fertility services that give hopeful parents the best chance for a successful pregnancy. Physicians partner with Ovation to offer their patients advanced preconception carrier screening; preimplantation genetic testing; donor egg and surrogacy services; and secure storage for their frozen eggs, embryos and sperm. Ovation also helps IVF labs across America improve their quality and performance with expert off-site lab direction and consultation.

About IMT Matcher

IMT International provides IVF management technologies and quality management systems to fertility clinics, donor banks and other Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) centres. Our innovative turnkey systems have been developed alongside leading centres in the field, and the benefits they provide are enjoyed by customers around the world.

IMT has developed a number of leading turnkey systems which today are used and relied on by customers every day, including Matcher, VitMaster and Harmony CryoCare.

The company was founded by Tim Heywood, a life-long pioneer of technologies, including leading development of the world’s first successful commercial sexed semen centre, in the field of bovine reproduction. Today the business is managed in its second generation by George Heywood, and our core values remain the same; responsiveness, quality of outputs, collaboration and integrity.