Embryo-specific culture dish reduces media evaporation and resulting osmolality increase in a dry incubator

Use of dry incubators and uninterrupted embryo culture can lead to conditions that exacerbate media evaporation and lead to harmful osmolality increase. Approaches to mitigate media evaporation can help maintain an appropriate culture environment. One approach to reduce media evaporation is to minimize the surface area of the culture media. The ability to control evaporation of media through use of an embryo-specific culture dish with microwells was examined.