CI Case 212
Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 212
CI patient #212 was an 88 year old male from Florida that recently moved to Michigan because of his poor health. The patient was a CI member at the time of his death.
The patient died at a nursing home on September 2, 2021 at approximately 8:20 pm. The nursing home staff cooled the patient by surrounding him with bags of ice. Heparin was not administered as the death was not expected. The patient was transported to the CI facility.
The patient arrived at the CI facility at 12:30 am. The patient was transferred to the operating table in the perfusion room and was immediately covered with more ice. The nasal temperature upon his arrival was 14c.
The perfusion started at 12:50 am and was completed at 2:15 am. During the perfusion there were 4 liters of 10% Eg solution and 5 liters of 30% Eg solution used, and 11 liters of 70% VM1 solution used. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the right jugular vein was 1.4176. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the left jugular vein was 1.4230. The average perfusion pressure was held at 115mm and metal cannulas were used. Flow rate started at .33 liters per minute and was reduced to 0.31 liters per minute by the end of the perfusion. The nasal temperature was 5c at the end of the perfusion.
A body perfusion was attempted, but after 8 liters of perfusate were administered, a large amount of blood started coming out of the patient’s mouth and his abdomen started to distend. The cannulas to the body were clamped off and the perfusion to the head continued.
There were no blood clots noted during the perfusion and there was good flow from both of the jugular veins. However, half way through the perfusion, the flow from the right jugular slowed considerably. Significant dehydration of the head and face was noted along with a bronzing of the skin and no swelling.
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.