CI Case 274
Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 274
CI patient #274 was an 88 year old female from Virginia. The patient was a CI member at the time of her death.
The patient died at a nursing home under hospice care at approximately 6am on September 19th, 2025. Heparin was administered to the patient and the patient was cooled in ice. Prior arrangements were made with a local funeral director for cooling and transport services. The funeral director picked up the patient, packed her in ice and arranged for air transport of the patient to CI.
The patient arrived at the CI facility at 9:15pm on the 19th of September.
The perfusion was started at 10:30am and it was completed at 1:30am. Due to the condition of the patient’s body, a full body perfusion was not possible and the perfusion of the head became the main focus. During the perfusion, there were 2 liters of 5% Eg solution, 2.5 liters of 10% Eg solution, 3 liters of 30% Eg solution, and 17 liters of 70% VM1 solution used. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the right jugular vein was 1.419. The final refractive index of the effluents exiting the left jugular vein was 1.422. The average perfusion pressure was held at 110mm and metal cannulas were used. Flow rate started at .24 liters per minute and was reduced to 0.20 liters per minute by the end of the perfusion. The nasal temperature was 3.8c at the end of the perfusion.
There were a small amount of blood clots noted during the perfusion. The flow from the jugulars was slow. There was noted bronzing of the face. Edema became visible in the eyelids and face of the patient near the end of the perfusion.
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.