Male Infertility
Oxidative System
Rapid, objective oxidative-stress testing.
An objective measure of seminal oxidative stress
MiOXSYS measures oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) in semen, the balance between oxidants and antioxidants in seminal fluid. It surfaces a contributor to male infertility that a standard semen analysis does not directly assess.
MiOXSYS® Analyser & sensor strips
A benchtop analyser and single-use sensors that turn 30 µL of raw semen into an objective sORP reading, at the bench, in minutes.
Male infertility
challenge
Infertility affects an estimated 15% of couples and, as defined by the World Health Organization, is the failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse. A male factor plays a role in up to half of these couples.
Many male infertility cases are diagnosed as idiopathic (no identifiable cause), leaving couples and clinicians without a clear path. Measuring oxidative stress helps address that gap.
Causes of male infertility
What sits behind a male factor
Where male-factor infertility originates, and why so much of it stays unexplained. Distribution reported in the published andrology literature.
The measure a routine analysis can miss
Oxidative stress, quantified
Excess reactive oxygen species can damage the sperm membrane and DNA. ORP measures that imbalance as a single number.
Insight beyond the basics
Useful in cases of unexplained or idiopathic infertility, where standard parameters appear within range.
A baseline to act on
A measurable starting point that can be re-tested to track change over a lifestyle or treatment course.
A result in three steps
Pipette 30 µL of raw, liquefied semen onto the single-use sensor strip, no centrifugation or preparation.
Connect the strip to the analyser, which runs a galvanostatic measurement of the sample.
In under three minutes the device displays the static ORP (sORP), normalised to sperm concentration.
Built for the teams investigating male-factor infertility
MiOXSYS is an in vitro diagnostic for trained professionals, a fast, objective ORP reading that sits alongside a standard semen analysis.
Fertility clinics
Add an objective, repeatable measure of oxidative stress when investigating unexplained or idiopathic infertility.
Andrology laboratories
Run ORP testing beside routine semen analysis, 30 µL of raw sample, one strip, no preparation step.
Clinicians & specialists
Establish a baseline sORP value to guide lifestyle or treatment decisions, then re-test to track change.
The technical detail
Common questions
What is ORP, and why does it matter?
How is MiOXSYS different from a semen analysis?
How much sample is needed?
Who is it for?
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Want to learn more about the MiOXSYS System and seminal oxidative-stress testing?
1. World Health Organization. WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen, 6th ed.
2. Agarwal A, et al. Oxidation-reduction potential as a new marker for oxidative stress: correlation to male infertility. Investigative urology / andrology literature.