Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 226

CI patient #226 was a 67 year old female from Washington. The patient was a CI member at the time of her death.  

Though the patient was a member, the patient had no contract or funding with CI.  Therefore, the patient was placed in dry ice at a funeral home in Washington while the next of kin signed the contract and arranged for funding of the contract.  Once the contract and funding were in place, the patient was transported in dry ice to the CI facility.  The patient arrived at the CI facility on June 17th at 3:45pm.

The patient was then transferred to the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature.  The cooling took two and a half days to complete.  The reason that the cooling time was extended, was because the patient was larger than normal and more time was needed to cool the patient.  The patient was then placed in a cryostat for long-term cryonic storage.

CI patient #225 was a 71 year old male from Tennessee. The patient was a CI member at the time of his death. 

The patient died on June 12th, 2022.  The patient was picked up by a local funeral home and kept in refrigeration with ice packs until transit permits and flight arrangements could be made.  The patient arrived at the CI facility on June 14th at 7:25pm.  The patient’s nasal temperature upon arrival was 11.1c.  A perfusion of the head was attempted.  The perfusion started with 1.5 liters of 30% EG and then switched to 4 liters of 70% VM1.  The perfusion was terminated shortly after it started due to excessive edema.

The patient was then transferred to the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature.  The amount of time required to cool the patient was 43 hours.  The patient was then placed in a cryostat for long-term cryonic storage.

CI patient #224 was a 17 year old male from Canada. The patient was not a CI member. 

The patient died on April 5th, 2022.  The patient was placed in dry ice after he died.  The patient was stored in dry ice at a funeral home for the required two week period.  Once the two week period had passed, and all requirements were met by the patient’s next of kin, the patient was brought to the facility.  The patient arrived at our facility on April 22, 2022.

The patient was then transferred to the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature.  The human dry ice program was selected and the time needed to cool the patient to liquid nitrogen temperature was 25 hours.  The patient was then placed in a cryostat for long-term cryonic storage.