We have made it easy to have stem cells collected and stored
At Cellaviva you will be assisted throughout the whole process, from ordering to collection and the following information. Once you have ordered the Cellaviva box you will be contacted by one of our midwives. When you recognise the signs of birth, contact Cellaviva’s hotline, which of course is open 24/7. If you have chosen our help with collection, your Cellaviva midwife will promptly arrive at your birthplace where she collects the stem cells. She will handle everything that needs to be done so, you and your family can concentrate on the birth and the new family member. Just remember to bring your box to the birthplace.
Collecting stem cells
We recommend the choice of blood stem cell collection aid for the geographical areas we are able to attend, as collections performed by our trained staff often result in a larger volume being collected. We are consistently working to educate collection professionals across Sweden. If you are curious to know whether we have personnel in your city, please feel free to contact us. We can go further if it is a planned caesarean section. As a family, you can also choose to do the collection yourself or in some cities ask the maternity staff at the hospital you are giving birth to help, note however that there is no guarantee that they will say yes. The maternity service is under great strain and it is not Cellaviva’s intention to burden it further. An individual assessment will be made by the midwife in charge of your birth and we ask you to respect their response.
About Family stemcell banking
The Cellaviva process in a few steps:
You order the Cellaviva box
You order the Cellaviva box
The Cellaviva box contains all the necessary equipment for collecting your child’s stem cells. The Cellaviva box will be delivered to you within a few business days at your desired delivery address.
You can also order a HLA-Typing Analysis – read about it here
You call our hotline and take the Cellaviva box to the place of birth
You call our hotline and take the Cellaviva box to the place of birth
Contact the Cellaviva hotline when your birth starts. Take the Cellaviva box to the place of birth and inform the hospital midwife that you have arranged for your baby’s umbilical cord stem cells to be collected.
Important Note: If you have ordered the HLA Analysis kit, remember to remove the HLA Analysis kit from the Cellaviva box before going to the hospital!
The stem cells are collected
The stem cells are collected
The stem cells are collected after the baby is born and the umbilical cord has been clamped and cut. The procedure only takes a few minutes and is completely painless and safe for mother and child.
Cellaviva arranges for medical transportation to the lab
Cellaviva arranges for medical transportation to the lab
When the collection is complete, Cellaviva will book medical courier transport of the samples to the laboratory.
Cellaviva’s laboratory analyses and freezes the stem cells
Cellaviva’s laboratory analyses and freezes the stem cells
In the laboratory, which is among the world’s most recognised, we perform careful quality controls, processes and analysis of the stem cells before the cells are frozen.
Cellaviva securely stores the stem cells until someone in your family may need them.
Cellaviva securely stores the stem cells until someone in your family may need them.
The stem cells are stored in cryotanks at Cellaviva in the family’s own cryo cassettes. When the cells are stored at a temperature of -196 ° C, they are preserved in cryosleep. In this way, cells retain both their quality and vitality.
Security
Cellaviva, as the only stem cell bank in the Nordic region, ensures that your child’s stem cells are viable, of the highest quality and ready for delivery in a few days if your family needs them in the future.
