X-Message-Number: 16183
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 10:16:15 -0700
From: "Jerry Lemler, M.D." <>
Subject: Project Future Bound Takes Off

Project Future Bound Takes Off:
Initial Launch Site--Southern California

by Jerry B. Lemler, M.D., Medical Director

     Alcor is pleased and excited to announce the development of an improved
remote rescue operation, to be known as Project Future Bound.  Planning of the
logistics, (manpower, equipment, location sites, funding, etc.), has been
underway for the better part of a month, in anticipation of a September
start-up.  The basic components of the plan will be outlined below, while the
full details will appear on our website,
(<http://www.alcor.org/>www.alcor.org),
and in future publications.

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Why Start Project Future Bound?

     As will be elucidated in the upcoming issue of Alcor s quarterly
publication,  our most recent suspension patient, (A-1705), got a  first class
ticket  to the future by traveling to Phoenix five days prior to his first
life
cycle termination.  True, he cut it precariously close, and realistically not
everyone can be so fortunate.  With Alcor s Cryotransport Team at his bedside,
and given a fresh vascular bed to cannulate, as noted, A-1705 s case clearly
demonstrates the viability of our new clinical neurovitrification procedures.

     Your Alcor staff desires nothing less than to be able to consistently
deliver the very same level of service to our membership, allowing for time
and
distance factors.  So, we asked ourselves, within our budgetary limits, how we
could best shorten the time and shrink the distance.  Our answer--Project
Future Bound!

     This ambitious proposal will enhance Alcor s rescue capabilities
manyfold,
without compromising the safety of our current suspension patients.  Since a
plurality of our members live in Southern California, we ve decided to start
Project Future Bound in the land of fun and sun.  If the program proves to
be a
success, (and we trust it will), replication of these services will follow
into
additional major pockets of Alcor membership--and should also provide
enticement
for potential new signups.

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So, What Exactly is Project Future Bound?

     Alcor has recruited and assembled a top-notch surgical team, based in
Southern California, and we are scheduled to train and certify them, (along
with the rest of our increasing number of expert physicians), in Scottsdale in
early June.  Concomitantly, we have secured a suitable West Coast location to
store our equipment and perform our procedures.  Between now and our
anticipated September opening, we will be gearing up on the training of
ancillary personnel, (professional and volunteer), as well as purchasing and
re-configuring the requisite Cryosuspension equipment.

     When a Southern California member goes down, the Alcor team, (headed
by an
Alcor physician), will instantly spring into action.  Our new patient should
reach our facility expeditiously, where he/she will undergo surgery with a
pliable vascular bed.

     In the first phase of Project Future Bound, our surgeons will perform
cephalic isolation, carotid and vertebral artery cannulation, neuro washout
for
greater biological support and faster cooling.  Once completed, the cephalon,
securely packed in ice, will be transported to Alcor Central for the final
phases of clinical cryoprotective vitrification, additional cooldown, and
long-term care..

Care to Make a List?

     At some point in the not too distant future, our goal is to be able to
completely vitrify our members, (neuro), as close to their homes as feasible. 
Naturally, this takes considerable finances, and manpower, and more finances,
and vehicular support, and more finances, and expensive state-of-the-art
equipment, and even more finances.  Won t you help us out?  If we only had
just
a few Oscar Schindlers, who would make a list--and save us all!  If you would
like to help make this a reality, please contact me at  for
more details. 

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