CI Case 235
Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 235
CI patient #235 was a 75 year old male from Michigan. The patient was a CI member at the time of his death.
The patient was hospitalized due to a hemorrhage in his brainstem on November 23, 2022. After extensive testing, a decision was made to remove the ventilator from the patient on November 24, 2022 at 10am. This allowed CI to have people at the hospital when the ventilator was removed. Heparin was administered to the patient before removing the ventilator. The ventilator was removed and the patient died at 10:14am. The patient was packed in ice and driven to the CI facility.
The patient arrived at the CI facility at 12:22pm. He was transferred to the operating table in the perfusion room and was immediately covered with more ice. The nasal temperature upon his arrival was 7c.
The perfusion started at 12:50 pm and was finished at 2:10pm. The perfusion was completed at 12:10am. During the perfusion there were 5 liters of 10% Eg solution and 13 liters of 30% Eg solution used, and 40 liters of 70% VM1 solution used. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the left jugular vein was 1.4207. No measurements were taken from the right jugular due to poor flow. The average perfusion pressure was held at 105mm and metal cannulas were used. Flow rate started at .8 liters per minute and was reduced to 0.32 liters per minute by the end of the perfusion. The nasal temperature was -6.8c at the end of the perfusion.
There were no blood clots noted during the perfusion. There was slight distention of the abdomen, and poor return, so the perfusion to the body was stopped at 1:45 pm. Bronzing and dehydration was noted in many parts of the head and face, but not all parts.
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.