Placenta tissue:
Variant - VitaCompletePlus
Use the full potential of current and future stem cell therapies with the VitaCompletePlus variant and store your child's placental tissue in addition to umbilical cord blood and tissue flexibly in terms of time. This allows you to determine the length of the storage period yourself.
- Flexible storage of umbilical cord blood and tissue as well as placental tissue
- All the advantages of storing umbilical cord blood and tissue plus the benefits of placental tissue.
- Basis also for neurological diseases (autism, cerebral palsy), MS, stroke, but also for diabetes.
- Very strong stem cell properties (high degree of viability, low risk of contamination), strong immune tolerance and high quantity of stem cells and thus a high repair potential for injured or diseased tissue.
- If you give birth in a Hirslanden Clinic, you will receive a CHF 500 discount
Our services.
Benefit from our services and our experience. Since 1997, parents have placed their trust in the high quality and safety of all our processes and areas. From counselling to the cryopreservation of umbilical cord blood and tissue, as well as placental tissue. For a more vital future for your child.
Consulting
The careful recording and evaluation of the family medical history is prescribed by the health authorities and serves the safety of your child in the case of the use of umbilical cord blood. Based on the medical history questionnaire and the findings, our doctors clarify whether umbilical cord blood can be collected and used later from a medical point of view.
Collection and transport of umbilical cord blood, umbilical cord tissue and placental tissue
We will send you the temperature-protected Vita 34 transport box with the specially developed collection set in good time before the delivery. It contains all the necessary materials for collecting the blood, umbilical cord and placenta in sterile packaging. The Vita 34 transport box with temperature-stabilising gel cushion, insulating polystyrene box and measuring chip optimally ensures the quality of the blood and tissue. Immediately after the baby is delivered, the blood from the umbilical cord is collected, a piece of the umbilical cord and the placenta are secured and transported to our stem cell laboratory by special courier. Storage is possible 365 days a year.
Processing and storage
The umbilical cord blood, umbilical cord tissue and placental tissue are prepared in the laboratory in accordance with international standards and are therefore first-class starting material for possible use. The tissue is stored separately from the blood in another bag. You will then receive a certificate confirming successful storage. Long-term storage takes place in electricity-independent refrigeration tanks at - 180 degrees Celsius in special freezer bags with a cassette. Each contract is open-ended and your deposit can be stored unlimitedly.
Vita 34 inclusive services
If the stem cells are used in the context of cancer therapy in the first 20 years of your child's life, Vita 34 will provide you with a one-time payment of CHF 8,000. Before using the umbilical cord stem cells within your own family, Vita 34 will cover the costs for the necessary examinations (HLA typing). If your child's stem cells are used, you will receive comprehensive support. Vita 34 will help you fill out forms and make arrangements with doctors. The Vita 34 mobile stem cell team will bring the cryopreserved stem cells in a special container to the doctor / other user (free of charge in Switzerland and within Germany) and take care of the professional provision of the stem cells.
For each additional child you receive a sibling discount of CHF 300. In the case of twins, the contract fee for the second child is only 50 per cent, for the third and each additional child in the case of multiple births it is waived completely.
The box. Specially designed for the safest possible removal of stem cells. Sterile. Insulated against heat and cold. In time at your home. And ready for the big day. For a more vital future.