CI Case 262
Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 262
CI patient #262 was a 73 year old female from Texas. The patient was a CI member at the time of her death.
The patient died in a hospital at approximately 6 pm on September 1, 2024. The nurses cooled the patient by surrounding her with packs of ice. They also administered Heparin and performed chest compressions. The patient was picked up by a local funeral director and brought back to their facility. The patient was kept in refrigeration with ice on her while a transit permit was obtained and transportation arrangements were made. Because it was the Labor Day holiday, the process of getting a permit was slowed down.
The patient was flown to Detroit Metro Airport and then transported to the CI facility. The patient arrived at the CI facility on September 3rd at 4pm. The perfusion was started at 5pm. The perfusion was completed at 7:25pm. During the perfusion there were 5 liters of 30% Eg solution used, and 30 liters of 70% VM1 solution used. Only the patient’s head was perfused because of the extended amount of time from death until the perfusion started. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the right jugular vein was 1.4207. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the left jugular vein was 1.4207. The average perfusion pressure was held at 121mm and metal cannulas were used. Flow rate averaged .3 liters/minute. The nasal temperature was –3.5c at the end of the perfusion.
There were no blood clots noted during the perfusion and the flow from both of the jugular veins started good, but slowed very quickly. Significant edema of the head and face was noted, though no swelling in the brain was observed through the burr hole in the skull.
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.