Cryonics Institute
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| Founder | Richard C. Davis, Robert Ettinger, Mae A. Junod, Walter E. Runkel |
| Focus | Cryopreservation of humans and pets in the hope of future reanimation. |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 42°33′18.7″N 82°51′59.83″W / 42.555194°N 82.8666194°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
Area served | Global |
| Method | Cryonics vitrification perfusion[1] and cryogenic storage[2] |
Members | 1882 (April, 2018) |
| Owner | Owned by voting members (members who have human cryopreservation funding and contracts) |
Key people | Dennis Kowalski, Andy Zawacki, Hillary Martenson |
Revenue | Membership fees and donations; Master Cemetery Trust |
Employees | 4 |
Volunteers | 22 |
| Website | www |
The Cryonics Institute (CI) is an American member-owned-and-operated not-for-profit corporation which provides cryonics services, regarding the preservation of humans in liquid nitrogen after legal death, with hopes of restoring them when new technology will be developed in the future. CI is located in Clinton Township, Michigan.
All Officers[3] of the Cryonics Institute are also Directors.[4]
History[edit]
The Cryonics Institute was incorporated in Michigan on April 4, 1976 by five local residents: Richard C. Davis, Robert Ettinger, Mae A. Junod, Coraline Jones and Walter E. Runkel. CI's first client was Ettinger's mother in 1977, and until the beginning of the 1990s, the only other client was Ettinger's first wife in 1987.
Terminally ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body. A 14-year-old girl who wanted her body to be preserved, in case she could be cured in the future, won a historic legal fight shortly before her death.[5] The judge, Mr Justice Peter Jackson, visited the girl in hospital and said he was moved by "the valiant way in which she was facing her predicament". His ruling, he said, was not about the rights or wrongs of cryonics but about a dispute between parents over the disposal of their daughter's body.[6] It was brought to court for the first time on 26 September 2016 and the judge made his decision on 6 October 2016.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Guide to Cryonics Procedures". Cryonics Institute. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Cryostats for Cryogenic Storage". Cryonics Institute. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Officers of the Cryonics Institute". Cryonics Institute. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Directors of the Cryonics Institute". Cryonics Institute. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/health-38012267
- ↑ http://www.cryonics.org/case-reports/the-cryonics-institutes-143rd-patient
- ↑ https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/js-judgment-20161118.pdf
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