X-Message-Number: 3 From: Kevin Q. Brown Subject: Cryonics Institute Date: 28 Jul 1988 This is the first of three postings describing the three organizations that provide cryonic suspension services. All three postings are transcribed (with permission) from interviews published in the Winter, 1988 issue of Venturist Voice. (Write to The Venturists, 1355 E. Peoria Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85020. Venturist Voice is currently free, but donations are gladly accepted.) This posting is on the Cryonics Institute. The other two describe the American Cryonics Society and Alcor Life Extension Foundation. - Kevin Q. Brown ...{att|clyde|cuae2}!ho4cad!kqb PS: Even though I have started off the cryonics mailing list with copies of published articles, please don't think that only copies of published articles are wanted for the mailing list. ----- Cryonics Institute 24041 Stratford Oak Park, MI 48237 313-967-3115 [ Effective Aug. 1988 this address changes to: Cryonics Institute 24443 Roanoke Oak Park, MI 48237 313-545-3454 & 313-545-9015 ] Information supplied by Mae Junod, Director, Mar. 10, 1988. Cryonics Institute (CI) was founded in 1976, has 60 members, no "associates" or newsletter, and is not affiliated with other organizations, although there is some overlapping membership with the Immortalist Society. Our facilities include a perfusion room, a storage area, a work room, a lavatory, and a washup room. We offer whole body (human) suspension only. The cost is $28,000 which includes $20,000 for investment to cover storage costs. This is minimum funding, of course, and members can provide more if they wish. There is also a membership charge of $1250 for an individual or $1875 for a couple. There is no charge for minors in the family. We accept members in remote locations as well as nearby. Arrangements for distant members are their responsibility -- they must provide for their remains to be transported to us in the event of death and we do the perfusion and storage locally. We offer our distant members assistance in planning and are willing to go to their area and help them make arrangements. Our suspension protocol involves cooling the patient down, perfusing using a heart-lung and perfusion machines, and freezing. Qualifications of suspension team members are protocol training and appropriate experience. A mortician is part of the team, both for legal requirements and skills. One of the things we do is to train the general membership if they wish, and the family members can then help perfuse their own people. Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) and directors are elected by members who attend annual meetings. There are no specific requirements for officers and directors other than being members who are willing to serve. Members who wish to have voting rights must pay $100 annual dues. Directors living nearby are preferred because it is more convenient for our meetings, but more distant members are also eligible. CI is currently engaged in storage research. We have one individual capsule and one two-person capsule presently operating. The original design was developed and implemented by Robert Ettinger, President of CI, and Walter Runkel and Andy Zawacki. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3