Charles Platt:
Was President of CryoCare Foundation, a cryonics organization that he co-founded in 1993. He worked for Alcor, a company which may be best known for cryopreserving Ted Williams' head after he died. In 2004 Platt became a director of a company named "Suspended Animation, Inc.", which is based in Boynton Beach, Florida. Suspended Animation pursues R&D to develop equipment and procedures for use in mitigating ischemic injury immediately after cardiac arrest, in terminal patients who have made arrangements for cryopreservation at cryonics organizations such as the American Cryonics Society and the Cryonics Institute.
Was President of CryoCare Foundation, a cryonics organization that he co-founded in 1993. He worked for Alcor, a company which may be best known for cryopreserving Ted Williams' head after he died. In 2004 Platt became a director of a company named "Suspended Animation, Inc.", which is based in Boynton Beach, Florida. Suspended Animation pursues R&D to develop equipment and procedures for use in mitigating ischemic injury immediately after cardiac arrest, in terminal patients who have made arrangements for cryopreservation at cryonics organizations such as the American Cryonics Society and the Cryonics Institute.
ALCOR Inc:
As of February 2003, Alcor charged $120,000 for whole-body suspension and $50,000 for neurosuspension. It costs $150 to apply for membership and $398 per year in membership dues. Lifetime membership costs $20,000. Even the cheaper (and less well-known) companies charge upwards of $28,000 for whole-body suspension. Still, Alcor does not guarantee indefinite preservation, though it has established an "irrevocable" Patient Care Trust funded by membership payments that provides continued care and that theoretically cannot be cancelled until all patients are reanimated.
http://www.students.emory.edu/HYBRIDVIGOR/cryonics.htm
As of February 2003, Alcor charged $120,000 for whole-body suspension and $50,000 for neurosuspension. It costs $150 to apply for membership and $398 per year in membership dues. Lifetime membership costs $20,000. Even the cheaper (and less well-known) companies charge upwards of $28,000 for whole-body suspension. Still, Alcor does not guarantee indefinite preservation, though it has established an "irrevocable" Patient Care Trust funded by membership payments that provides continued care and that theoretically cannot be cancelled until all patients are reanimated.
http://www.students.emory.edu/HYBRIDVIGOR/cryonics.htm

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