Cryonics Company Gets First Client For Freezing, Hoping Him To Bring Back To Life In Future
A cryonics company has frozen its first client in the hopes of one day bringing him back to life. Southern Cryonics' Philip Rhoades reported that the company had successfully cryogenically frozen a man from Sydney.
A cryonics company has frozen its first client in the hopes of one day bringing him back to life. Southern Cryonics' Philip Rhoades reported that the company had successfully cryogenically frozen a man from Sydney. The man died in his eighties earlier this month. "[It was] very stressful," Rhoades told ABC News.
What did the company say?
The process was carried out in a hospital | Image: Canva
"That was what kept me awake for a week since there are a variety of protocols to follow on different days, and there were a number of circumstances that could have gone wrong if we hadn't planned properly."
"There were a handful of other existing members who we believed may be good candidates for the first spot, but it turned out to be someone who wasn't an existing member. "His family rang up out of the blue and we had about a week to prepare and get organised."
Who is the client who got frozen?
The client died on May 12 in a Sydney hospital | Image: LADbible
The man died on May 12 in a Sydney hospital, and the freezing process, which costs over $170,000AUD (?88,000), began immediately.
The man's body was placed in the hospital's cold room and packed with ice before being transported to A O'Hare Funeral Directors, where scientists pumped a liquid through the body to preserve cells.
How was the process followed?
Nitrogen gas was used in the process | Image: Canva
The body was subsequently wrapped in dry ice, lowering the temperature to minus 80 degrees Celsius.
When the man's body arrived at Southern Cryonics' Holbrook facility the next day, his temperature was reduced further to minus 200 degrees Celsius before being deposited in a special tank that serves as a vacuum storage pod.
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According to ABC News, this 10-hour process is designed to increase the likelihood of the person being resurrected.
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