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- Homepage - Alcor
PATIENTS Alcor is the world leader in cryonics, with the most advanced technology of any cryonics organization We’re constantly innovating and improving
- About Alcor: The World Leader in Cryonics - Alcor
Alcor Life Extension Foundation was established as a nonprofit organization with the mission to advance cryonics research and the science of tissue preservation
- Membership - Alcor
Approximately 90% of members fund their cryopreservations with a separate life insurance policy naming Alcor as the beneficiary Some members choose to prepay their cryopreservation, but it typically makes more financial sense to use life insurance
- What is Cryonics? - Alcor
The cooled patient is carefully transported to Alcor’s operating room in Arizona Many Alcor members choose to retire and or enter hospice near Alcor for shorter transport time and better procedural outcome Cryoprotectants are perfused into the bloodstream to reduce and even prevent freezing
- Introduction to Alcor Procedures
If a physician determines that an Alcor member in cardiac arrest cannot be resuscitated by current technology (i e declares legal death), the most important actions are administration of heparin (a drug that prevents blood clotting) followed by chest compressions to circulate the heparin, cooling with ice, and prompt shipment on ice to Alcor
- Alcor Fact Sheet 2020
Today, Alcor is the only full-service cryonics organization in existence Alcor has a medical advisory board, a scientific advisory board, a board of directors, and a patient care trust board There are over 1300 Alcor members from around the world, and over 180 patients cryopreserved at Alcor
- How to Become an Alcor Member
To become an Alcor Cryopreservation member is easy and surprisingly affordable, if you are in good health and eligible for life insurance, which will pay for your cryopreservation
- Required Costs and Cryopreservation Funding Minimums - Alcor
Before Cryopreservation Membership approval and annually thereafter, Alcor requires the Cryopreservation Member to provide proof of a minimum level of funding which will be paid to Alcor upon legal death Minimum funding requirements are subject to change with 90 days written notice
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