WELCOME

Suspended Animation develops new equipment, techniques, and technologies to minimize the cellular injury that normally occurs after legal death. We apply our procedures to clients who have made separate arrangements for long-term cryopreservation with cryonics organizations.

Our research projects include a portable liquid ventilation system to enhance rapid cooling in the field, custom modification of advanced rescue and transport vehicles, and equipment to enable low-temperature human vitrification. By intervening as rapidly as possible after cardiac arrest, we aim to reduce the need for cellular repair when future scientists attempt to revive patients who have been cryopreserved.

OUR PURPOSE


Suspended Animation is dedicated to the protection and preservation of human life.

Cells in the brain begin dying within 5 to 10 minutes of cardiac arrest, but with appropriate procedures, they can remain viable for longer periods.
 
OUR COMPANY


By specializing in standby, stabilization, and vitrification, Suspended Animation can make faster progress toward enhanced capability than a full-service cryonics organization that must divide its attention over a wider range of tasks.
 
RAPID INTERVENTION


Destructive biochemical processes that begin after cardiac arrest may be more difficult to reverse than any other form of cellular damage. To attempt to prevent these processes, immediate treatment of cryonics patients is critically important.
WHAT'S NEW
Suspended Animation’s second patient transport vehicle is complete. This roomy vehicle features all the self-contained systems and equipment necessary to support all stabilization procedures.
PDC Perfusion Services now on-call. Mobile, on-call perfusionists from PDC Perfusion Services completed their cryonics perfusion training in August, 2008 and are now available for SA stabilization procedures.
New Patient Perfusion System. Suspended Animation has selected its next generation portable perfusion system to replace the ATP.
   
Automated Patient Ventilation System. Suspended Animation now has automated patient ventilation in the field.
   
New Intraosseus Infusion. 
Infusing critical medications quickly is now easier with the EZ IOTM in Suspended Animation’s standby kits.
   
SA Staff Train as EMTs.  To enhance their knowledge and skills, SA staff are becoming EMTs.
   
Training Model for Cryonics Case Work. Suspended Animation has developed a pig cadaver training model for more realistic hands-on training for SA standby team members.
   
Liquid Nitrogen-Based Chiller. Suspended Animation has just completed testing of its third generation liquid nitrogen-based cryoprotectant chiller.