The Cryonics Institutes 181th Patient
Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 181
CI patient #181 was an 85 year old male from Switzerland. The patient was not a CI member at the time of his death.
The patient died on September 23, 2019. The patient’s lawyer contacted CI and instructions were given for how to make him a patient at CI. CI referred the lawyer to CryoSuisse for help with transportation. CryoSuisse contacted Cryonics Germany, who opted to do a perfusion and then pack the patient in dry ice. A perfusion report was prepared by Cryonics Germany/The Ulm Cryonics Project and report details are confidential. After the documents necessary for transportation were obtained, the patient was sent to the CI facility.
The patient arrived at the CI facility on October 3, 2019, approximately ten days after death. There was minimal dry ice in with the patient upon his arrival, but the patient was still frozen. The patient was then placed into the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature. The patient was then placed in a cryostat for longterm cryonic storage.
The Cryonics Institutes 180th Patient
Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 180
CI patient #180 was a 70 year old female from Tennessee. The patient was not a CI member at the time of her death.
The patient died on September 19, 2019. The patient’s next of kin contacted CI and instructions were given for how to make her a patient at CI. The protocol for a postmortem sign up was followed. The next of kin contracted with a local funeral home to obtain the necessary paperwork for transportation, pack her in dry ice, and send her to our facility. A perfusion was not able to be performed due to these circumstances.
The patient arrived at the CI facility on September 27, 2019, approximately eight days after death. There was more than sufficient dry ice upon her arrival and the patient was at -80c. The patient was then placed into the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature. The human cooling program from dry ice 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.
The Cryonics Institutes 179th Patient
Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 179
CI patient #179 was an 84 year old female from New York. The patient was not a CI member at the time of her death.
The patient died on August 26, 2019 while vacationing with family in Peru. The patient’s next of kin contacted CI and instructions were given for how to make her a patient at CI. The protocol for a post-mortem sign up was followed. The next of kin contracted with a local funeral home to obtain the necessary paperwork for transportation, pack her in dry ice, and send her to our facility. A perfusion was not able to be performed due to these circumstances.
The patient arrived at the CI facility on September 19, 2019, approximately three weeks and three days after death. There was minimal dry ice in the container upon her arrival, but the patient was still frozen. The patient was then placed into the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature. The human cooling program from dry ice was selected and the time needed to cool the patient to liquid nitrogen temperature was 26 hours. The patient was then placed in a cryostat for long-term cryonic storage.