CI Case 211
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.
Kristen Orme performed the perfusion. The perfusion was started at 7:15pm and finished at 7:45pm. Because of excessive edema in the body, only the patient’s head was perfused. During the perfusion there were 3.5 liters of 30% Eg solution used, and 18 liters of 70% VM1 solution used. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the right jugular vein was 1.4226. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the left jugular vein was 1.4211. The average perfusion pressure was held at 113mm and metal cannulas were used. Flow rate started at .44 liters per minute. The nasal temperature was -3.7c at the end of the perfusion.
There were no blood clots noted during the perfusion and there was good flow from both of the jugular veins. Considerable dehydration of the head and face was noted along with a bronzing of the skin and no edema.
The patient was then transferred to the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature. The human vitrification program was selected and the time needed to cool the patient to liquid nitrogen temperature was five days and 11 hours. The patient was then placed in a cryostat for long-term cryonic storage.