Oregon Cryonics Equipment

Equipment

Some of our equipment is listed below.

Ice Bath
See Ice Bath

Portable Perfusion Kit
See Portable Perfusion Kit.

Software Control System
See Software

Ambu Cardiopump
This is a device from Europe which is used for CPR. It increases the efficiency of CPR on the pull stroke by using a suction cup.

This device cannot be used on a living patient in the USA because it does not have FDA approval, but is superior to ordinary CPR so it is very useful to us. Converting the above graph to American units, the compression stroke should be about 110 lbs, and the decompression stroke should be about 33 lbs. But these are only averages. The true force needed depends on the person's build. The actual recommendation is to depress the chest 1 1/2 to 2 inches.

Ziegler Shipping Container
A ziegler is a 20 gauge steel hermetically sealed shipping container routinely used in the funeral industry. Ours is insulated with foam (thank you Andy). Ours is similar to this picture:

Body Bag
Can be used as a portable ice bath.

Also used for final air transport to prevent leakage of melting ice water. If the airlines notice a leak, shipment would be significantly delayed.

Main Dewar
MVE XLC 511. Minnesota Valley Engineering. Internal dimensions: 20 1/2"dia, 34" deep, 28 1/2 max fill height. Capacity 158 L.

Small Dewar
Model LR-40. External dimensions: 32" tall, 17" diameter. Internal dimensions: 14" diameter, 24" without lid, 19" max fill height. Capacity 40 L. This is used for our Cooling Dewar.

Mechanical CPS (cardiopulmonary support)
We have two Michigan Instruments Thumpers: an older model 1005 and a newer model 1007.

They have both been tested. The ice bath has been designed to accomodate them. We will continue to look into
Autopulse
Michigan Instruments Thumper
ACD Thumper (active compression decompression)
Lucas
Ceimsa
Brunswick (Travenol) HLR

Oxygen Monitor
When liquid nitrogen is used, the oxygen monitor is a critical piece of safety equipment

ToxiRAE II Oxygen (O2) Monitor by RAE Systems. Replaceable battery and oxygen sensor. Constantly displays ambient oxygen concentration, which will normally read 20.9. Low level alarm goes off at 19.5% oxygen. A person will become impaired at about 17% and will lose consciousness or die at only a few percent less. Impairment and unconsciousness happen without warning and without the person realizing what is happening.

Intraosseous (IO) Infusion
If the patient does not have an IV in place, IO infusion provides an effective and relatively simple technique for vascular access. Our current device is the Bone Injection Gun (BIG), designed for use in the tibia.

Other similar IO devices include:
Cook Sur-Fast intraosseous needle
F.A.S.T.-1 (sternal)
EZ-IO (drill)