Kitazato Corporation researches, develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and related products for fertility treatment. Its offerings include needles, catheters and cannulas, vitrification media and equipment, sperm processing media and tools, IVF media products, micro tools, and labware. The company was formerly known as Kitazato Biopharma Co., Ltd. Founded in 1998, it is based in Shizuoka, Japan, and is a subsidiary of Kitasato Shoji Co., Ltd.