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.