Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 211

CI patient #211 was a 50 year old male from Massachusetts. The patient was a CI member at the time of his death. 

The patient died in the hospital at approximately 8:30 pm on August 12, 2021, after a lengthily hospitalization. A local cooperating funeral director retrieved the patient, packed him in ice and returned to their funeral home with the patient. The patient was kept in ice and in refrigeration until the transit permit could be obtained.  A flight was scheduled for the next day and patient was flown to Michigan.

The patient arrived at the CI facility at 6pm on August 13th, about 21 and a half hours after death. Upon the patient’s arrival at the CI facility, he was transferred to the operating table in the perfusion room. The nasal temperature upon his arrival was 5.1c.

Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 210

CI patient #210 was a 68 year old female from Florida. The patient was not a CI member at the time of her death. 

The patient died on July 19^th 2021.  The patient was frozen and held at a funeral home in Florida for the required two week period.  The patient was then transferred to the Cryonics Institute on August 2, 2021.

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.

Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 209

CI patient #209 was an 80 year old female from New Brunswick, Canada. The patient was a CI member and hospitalized at the time of her death. 

The patient died on July 9^th, 2021.  Because the patient would not be able to get to CI within 48 hours for a perfusion, the patient was frozen without cryoprotective solutions. The patient was placed in dry ice after she died, and was held in dry ice until she could be transported to our facility.  Once the details for transit were in place, the patient was transported to the CI facility and arrived at noon on July 15^th, 2021.

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.