Can check the quality of male sperm with smartphones

Seeing a doctor to test fertility makes many men feel embarrassed and weird. Newly designed tools that can be attached to smartphones will help gentlemen know their sperm condition without having to see a doctor. Just a short video recorded by phone is able to check sperm status, making diagnosis cheaper and easier when not going to the clinic.

Researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) have developed lenses less than 1 mm thick that magnify images and videos from phones by up to 555 times, enough to detect sperm cells single.

From that video, doctors can detect male reproductive problems such as low sperm count or poor sperm movement.

Lead researcher Yoshitomo Kobori said: "Today, everyone has a smartphone with a good camera. I think using a smartphone-microscope can be a simple way to track issues. In terms of male fertility, especially when Japanese men often think that semen analysis is quite inconvenient and time-consuming. "

Kobori has developed this device for months, along with an application that can provide diagnostics from the images obtained.

If you think this may not be feasible, the product is actually sold in Japan and Kobori hopes it will be sold soon in other countries.

Men semen test tool.

Inside the container.

The lens can zoom up to 555 times.

You can sample sperm by yourself.

Then attach the lens like this.

Small semen up and proceed to video recording.

This is the final image.

This device works by returning a small amount of semen. Semen must be placed in a plastic sheet about 5 minutes after ejaculation. The camera is attached to the lens to magnify the image and then put it on the translation template to record the video.

The success rate of this device is also quite satisfactory. In testing over 50 semen samples, the camera system achieved the same results as the software being used in male learning clinics. Therefore, this may also be a feasible solution for clinical examination, especially in places where male study clinics are not easily accessible.