CI Case 289

Cryonics Institute Case Report for Patient Number 289

CI patient #289 was a 77 year old male from New Jersey. The patient was a CI member at the time of his death.  

The patient was found deceased in his home.  The patient died on June 1, 2026.  The patient was taken to a local funeral home and placed in dry ice because a perfusion was not possible.   Once the details for transit were in place, the patient was transported to Detroit Metro Airport, where he was picked up and brought to the facility.  The patient arrived at the CI facility on June 6, 2026.

The patient was then transferred to the computer controlled cooling chamber to cool to liquid nitrogen temperature.  The human dry ice program was selected and the time needed to cool the patient to liquid nitrogen temperature was 25 hours.  The patient was then placed in a cryostat for long-term cryonic storage.