SUSPENDED ANIMATION'S OPEN HOUSE
HELD AUGUST 27^th 2005

Originally located in Boca Raton, Florida. Suspended Animation, (SA) left because of zoning problems with the City. In June of this year, they moved into their new facility, located in Boynton Beach, a few miles north of their previous home. Approximately 30 people attended, including around 10 Staff, employees and relatives. The low turnout could be attributed to Hurricane Katrina which tore through the Miami area the day before, causing considerable flooding and power outages. Although the flooded areas were seventy mils away. news reports made some attendees wonder if Boynton Beach had been affected.

The tour of the facility and explanation of the operation was conducted by Charles Platt, (left) General Manager, and Bill Faloon (right), one of the principal fnancial backers. Their new facility is considerably larger than their previous one. It appears to have the necessary equipment and supplies to do external cooling (after pronouncement of death,) and cardiopulmonary support, and patient washout. (Photo by Debbie Faloon)

Platt emphasized that Suspended Animation will not be storing human patients. now or in the future. The company only offers intervention procedures, after which any human patient will be packed in water ice and protected by organ preservation solution, before air transport to his or her cryonics organization for storage.

Everyone was presented with an attractive 13 page booklet explaining the Companies history. operation. staff bios. and goals for the future. The four former employees of SA at their previous location (David Hayes, David Shumaker.' Christopher Dougherty and Mike Quinn) are listed in the booklet as "Consultants"

At the end of his presentation Platt expressed the hope that SA will be able to offer full body vitrification within six to twelve months. When asked if either CI or AlOr has the facilities to receive and store fully vitrified patients at an intermediate temperature (above the temperature of liquid nitrogen). he replied "Not yet." He did express the wish that this will soon change. Referring to the recently signed contract between Cl and SA. Platt expressed gratitude to Ben Best and David Ettinger for the relative ease in which negotiations were concluded.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION's NEW FACILITY

In a small room normally used for presentations, SA maintain: a double whiteboard listing its goals for the next year. Evidently there will be more than enough to keep the five employees busy.	Robert Pruss, a mechanical engineer employed full-time by Suspended Animation, demonstrated this proof-of-concept perfusion circuit which features computer control of pressure via LabView software running on an ultra-compact computer with collapsible keyboard and a postcard-sized touch screen. This system will be developed for remote deployment.
A view of the laboratory shows shelves of glassware, with the fume hood for sterile mixing in the right foreground and standby equipment boxes at the far wall.	The laboratory at Suspended Animation includes a fume hood for mixing sterile sohitions. Two refrigerators and a freezer stand alongside it. Seven sealed transport containers, containing a complete standby kit, are visible at the end wall.

Photos: Charles Platt