Oova is an at-home hormone testing solution. Oova measures luteinizing hormone (LH), progesterone (PdG), and estrogen (E3G) with lab-quality precision to deliver personalized insights tailored to each user’s unique fertility profile.
How Oova was developed
Oova was developed by a doctor and biomedical engineer who both struggled when trying to grow their families. The company is a spin-out from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. The team has involved clinicians (OB/GYNs, Reproductive endocrinologists, and fertility specialists) throughout the product development to ensure the information that comes from the platform will be useful to the patient and the clinician.
We spent three years developing innovative biochemistry to measure urine luteinizing hormone (LH), PdG (a progesterone metabolite), and E3G (an estrogen metabolite) accurately through urine samples.
The product has been developed completely using human female urine samples. We did not develop using animal or synthetic urine, so we did all of the normalization and validation testing in the appropriate sample type.
How Oova works
Oova works through urine samples. After a urine sample is provided on a sample pad and ten minutes go by, either one, two, or three lines appear on the test strip:
- Control line: a line informing you that the test worked
- Hormone concentration lines: There is a control line informing you that the test worked.The intensity of the lines varies based on how much hormone is present in the sample.
Oova kits contain two types of test trips: 15 test strips that measure PdG (a progesterone metabolite) and LH, and 15 test strips that measure E3G (an estrogen metabolite).
How Oova results are analyzed
Our test gets so granular that we can't detect differences with the naked eye. We have embedded image processing and computer vision algorithms directly into our smartphone app to solve this.
After providing your urine sample, waiting ten minutes, then scanning the cartridge, the app will interpret the intensities on the test strip and return results. These results are specific to your hormone hormone levels (rather than a standard threshold).
Please review our technical white paper to learn more about the science behind Oova's technology.