How Does the Collection Process Work?

Unlock a longer, healthier, happier life for your family by banking your newborn’s umbilical cord blood, cord tissue, and placental tissues. These incredible stem cells are the building blocks of life and possess the healing power to repair organ tissues, blood diseases, and the immune system. Storing them today provides your family with a lifetime of health security.

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Step By Step

How it Works

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Stem cell banking should be uncomplicated, personal, and always put families first. We’ll guide you through our different services, packages, and plans now so you have options later. (You will not be charged for storage and processing until after your baby is born.)

Once you have enrolled, we will immediately ship your 4-in-1 (cord blood, cord tissue, placental tissue, and exosomes) medical collection kit to you. If you are anticipating or expecting an early delivery, we offer AmericordRush™ shipping and handling.

After your baby is born and the umbilical cord is clamped, your medical team will collect the cord blood, cord tissue, placental tissue, and exosomes you are preserving and place them in individualized sterile containers.

A medical courier will personally pick up your collection kit from wherever you are. The kit will be carefully handled by our insured shipping partner and safely delivered to our lab.

Processing your baby’s stem cells and perinatal tissues is the most important step of the preservation process. How they are handled and prepared for storage directly affects the usability for future treatments. Our team performs manual processing. This means our processing has more rigorous quality control and quality assurance procedures, compared to automated processing systems.

Your child's stem cells and tissues are placed in specially-designed bags and are preserved at -196°C in nitrogen-cooled tanks. With 24/7 monitoring and a specialized emergency team that is able to move stem cells at a moment’s notice, your baby’s stem cells are protected from natural catastrophe, national crises, or other potential failure points.

CryoMaxx™ Processing

Americord’s CryoMaxx™ processing method unlocks the full potential of umbilical cord blood and perinatal tissues. This unique processing method uses manual processing for cord blood stem cells and minimal manipulation methods for perinatal tissues to maximize stem cell usage and utility, giving families more options for more treatments.

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Cord Blood Quality Guarantee

Americord provides a $110,000 Cord Blood Quality Guarantee with each cord blood storage. We promise to pay up to $110,000 for another source of stem cells for medical treatment, should your baby's cord blood stem cells fail to engraft.

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5-Compartment Storage Bag

You have up to 5 different cord blood stem cell treatments when you use Americord's proprietary 5-Compartment Storage Bag. Your baby's cord blood is equally distributed into 5 compartments, while industry-standard freezing bags typically contain just two compartments.

Uncompromised Processing and Storage

How stem cells are handled, processed, and stored directly affects the usability for future treatments. Americord never cheapens, cuts corners, or uses automation to perform processing and storage.