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[ImmInst]

Although noted under “What’s new on the Alcor website?”, this blog did not previously note the publication of two case reports: A-3079 case report, a 2017 whole body case from overseas, and A-2887, Herbert Drazen, a 2018 case from New York.

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Jerry Searcy, a non-confidential neuropreservation member became Alcor’s 167th patient on March 24, 2019, in Scottsdale, AZ. Jerry had been an Alcor member since 1979 and was a very active volunteer. His death was sudden and unexpected as Jerry seemed to be in good health for his age. Fortunately, the medical examiner released him to […]

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A-3224, a confidential 85-year-old Alcor member with third-party neurocryopreservation arrangements, was declared legally dead on February 20, 2019 in San Francisco, California. A-3224, a third-party sign-up, was pronounced clinically deceased before any membership paperwork had been signed. Relatives placed him into a freezer at a funeral home in the San Francisco bay area while we […]

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[Rib Jig]

Longtime member.

Active volunteer.

Yet dead as much as 24hrs before discovered!!!?

If members are paying $80K-200K, why doesn't

that include some kind of 24/7/365 wearable device

or chip implant activated by death???

 

I may move to Scottsdale when entering

elderly stage.  Let's have a system in place!!!

And not just in a nursing home...

Edited by Rib Jig, 08 April 2019 - 05:01 PM.

[MaximilianKohler]

Yeah, people on the new_cryonet group are discussing and working on a type of alert system. Currently the best tool we have is the CI check-in app for smart phones.

[ImmInst]

A-3240, a confidential female neurocryopreservation member from Bellevue, King County, Washington, became Alcor’s 168th patient on April 29, 2019. On April 27th, Alcor deployed contractor Suspended Animation (SA) to Washington state, accompanied by Alcor’s Medical Response Director, Chris Divver, as an observer. The standby team set up at the member’s house that evening. It was […]

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Gordon Norman, Alcor member A-1833, a non-confidential whole body member, was pronounced legally dead on May 26, 2019 in Knoxville, TN. Mr. Norman, a member since 2000, received a washout by Suspended Animation in Knoxville and underwent cryoprotective perfusion at Alcor on May 27. That day, he became Alcor’s 170th patient.

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Arthur Naiman, member A-1499, a non-confidential whole body member was pronounced legally dead on May 13, 2019 in Tucson, Arizona. After a four-day standby carried out by Alcor’s Medical Response Director and his local team, Mr. Naiman was cryoprotected at Alcor and started cool down on May 13. Mr. Naiman has been an Alcor member […]

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Alcor has published a case report on Norman Hardy, A-1990. This case was the first time the newly enacted California End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) was used to reduce the potential ischemic damage that can result from a prolonged dying process.

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Jianhau Ma, Alcor member A-3259, a non-confidential 50-year old female Alcor member with whole-body cryopreservation arrangements, was pronounced legally dead on August 8, 2019 in Boston, MA. She had stage IV ovarian cancer and had been an Alcor member for less than a month. Washout in the field was prevented by bad weather prohibiting the […]

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[ImmInst]

Including the three previously-noted case report publications, this brings the total to 6 for the year so far. Added September 3, 2019: Alcor Case Report A-1547 Norma Peterson Added June 27, 2019: Alcor Case Report A-1395 Timothy Hubley Added June 16, 2019: Alcor Case Report A-1649 Robert Whitaker

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Alcor member A-1100, a confidential male Alcor member with whole-body cryopreservation arrangements, was pronounced legally dead on September 6, 2019 in Florida. Cryogenic cooldown was initiated and completed on September 6, 2019. The same day, A-1110 became Alcor’s 172nd patient.

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A-3217 had been a member of Alcor since January 31, 2019. In August her family alerted Alcor that her cancer was progressing. Alcor suggested relocating the member to a Scottsdale, Arizona hospice. This would eliminate transport delays and avoid possible legal and regulatory problems due to Alberta’s jurisdiction. A late relocation is never easy and […]

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Member A-2366, a confidential, male neuro member was pronounced on October 6, 2019 in Washington state. After arriving early in the morning of October 7, A-2366 was perfused with cryoprotectant and entered cool down. Two team members arrived at the member’s location on September 29 to check on him. That morning, we learned that the […]

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A-2408 was a confidential, 52-year-old, male with whole-body arrangements for cryopreservation. He had been a member since 2009 and had stage IV lung cancer. He was pronounced clinically dead in New Jersey on November 16, 2019, at 07:29 hrs. MST. He was flown to Alcor for cryoprotection and entered cryogenic cool down on November 17, […]

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A-1774 is a non-confidential, 77-year old, male with whole-body arrangements for cryopreservation. He had been a member since 2000. He was pronounced legally deceased in Scottsdale, AZ very shortly after being relocated from his home state by medical flight. Alcor member A-1774 was in a rural area about two (2) hours away from a major […]

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Confidential member A-1468 was pronounced legally deceased on Thursday May 28, 2020 in California. A-1468 is a male, neurocryopreservation patient. Cryogenic cool down was initiated on Friday, May 29, 2020.

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Alcor member A-3360 is a confidential, 87-year old male, with whole body cryopreservation arrangements. He was pronounced legally deceased in June 2020 in California. This was a third-party sign-up case with cryopreservation arrangements made at the last moment by his family who contacted Alcor shortly after legal death. Alcor’s Deployment Committee dispatched one of its […]

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Member A-1404, a non-confidential 59-year old female Alcor member with neuro cryopreservation arrangements was pronounced legally deceased in Texas in June 2020. Alcor contacted Suspended Animation (SA) to deploy for standby. SA was on the plane with equipment loaded in less than five hours but faced unavoidable layovers and mechanical issues with the planes. In […]

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[ImmInst]

A-1468, a confidential, 56-year old male Alcor member with neuro cryopreservation arrangements was discovered legally deceased in his residence in May 2020. Cryogenic cooldown was initiated two days later. A-1468 had been an Alcor member for many years. The circumstances were extremely unfortunate. This patient experienced an unattended death in his home in California, making […]

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<p>A-2037 was a 78-year-old male with neuro cryopreservation arrangements. He was found deceased in his home in Arizona. The cause of death per the death certificate was environmental heat exposure complicated by hypertensive cardiovascular disease. The length of time between cardiac arrest and pronouncement of legal death is an unknown number of days. The member […]</p>
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A-2705 was a 67-year-old male with neuro cryopreservation arrangements who used the death with dignity laws in his state to legally terminate his life. His cause of death was kidney failure. He was pronounced legally deceased in August in the state of Washington at 17:17 hrs on T-0 days. A field cryoprotection (FCP) was performed […]

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