(CLI)

1944 Lexington Avenue NorthRoseville MN 55113

Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc. (CLI) is a medically-oriented laboratory and clinical cryobank serving those who desire to have some measure of assurance against the possible loss of their reproductive capabilities and serving physicians who provide therapeutic insemination and infertility assessment. CLI specializes in providing:

Cryopreserved donor semen specimens to physicians.

Cryopreservation of human spermatozoa for future clinical application.

Originating in 1970 as the first private Sperm Bank in the U.S., CLI has been a leader in establishing the Standards for semen cryobanking. CLI has been Inspected and Accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB), has been Inspected and Licensed as a Semen Bank by the State of New York, and is a CLIA Inspected/Certified Laboratory (#24D0399536).

Donor Semen

An important facet of the services offered by Cryogenic Laboratories, Inc. is to provide cryopreserved donor semen to physicians who practice therapeutic donor insemination (TDI). CLI can provide the physician with thoroughly screened, tested and quarantined donor specimens. Donors may be selected from the confidential Semen Donor Catalogue which lists the physical, educational and social-economic characteristics of each donor. To assist in the selection process, Donor Profiles, Donor Portfolios, Photo Assisted Donor Selection and Data Assisted Donor Selection (D.A.D.S.^TM) are available upon request.

Appropriate bacteriology, serology and virology tests for sexually transmitted diseases are routinely performed along with an examination of the donor's medical and genetic background. All donor specimens are held in quarantine for at least six months. Following negative serology, the selected frozen semen sample may be released to the physician for therapeutic insemination. A complete TDI informational packet is available upon request.

Cryobanking for Client Depositors

1. Men about to undergo various types of surgery, including testicular or pituitary, may desire to bank semen to ensure family continuity. Cancer patients and others undergoing X-ray therapy, chemotherapy, diatherapy and other potentially sterilizing procedures may also be desirous of CLI's services.
2. For those men considering vasectomy, CLI can provide an alternative to reversible vasectomy by allowing the vasectomy patient an opportunity to bank his semen prior to the sterilizing surgery.
3. In specific instances where the husband is temporarily or permanently absent, retention of his fertilizing capacity is available through cryobanking of his specimens and subsequent AIH.
4. A number of men are engaged in what are termed "high risk" occupations from the standpoint of possible injury to their reproductive system and possible sterility.
5. Semen cryopreservation followed by a mandatory quarantine period and appropriate serology testing, provides for the clinical use of therapeutic insemination in Surrogate/Designated Donor situations.
6. Oligospermia or low sperm density is one reason why some couples eagerly desiring children remain childless. CLI offers laboratory procedures to concentrate semen specimens.