X-Message-Number: 25994 From: "Basie" <> References: <005c01c53cc1$4ff61850$> <003a01c53d2f$0cfa1380$> Subject: Re: [Cryonics_Institute] Fw: Venous systemic oxygen persufflation Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 18:22:59 -0400 I think they mean pumping the O2 saturated blood backwards through the organ. I know it is probably difficult to do for a whole body but it is probably practical for an organ such as the brain. It means that your brain can be kept alive in a bucket of ice. Basie "am not sure I understand this...but, in lay terms...I learned that hyperbaric medicine i.e.. high pressure pure oxygen perfusion is being used to treat gangrene, diabetic open wounds, burns, lung tissue damage...among others i.e.. you can only get so much oxygen to perfuse into tissue" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25994