Alcor Media Photography Resource Page

Photos may not be used without written permission of Alcor.

To request permission to reproduce these photographs, please contact Alcor’s Marketing Director, Jennifer Chapman (). The photographs may not be retouched, cropped, or altered, and must include a caption with the statement, "Photo courtesy of Alcor Life Extension Foundation." Cropping or other alteration is only permitted with permission of Alcor.

The photos are 300 dpi in high quality jpeg format. Dimensions given are approximate. Clicking on the file name of the photo will open the photo in your browser. To download instead, RIGHT CLICK and choose SAVE TARGET AS.

The Alcor building in Scottsdale, Arizona. Alcor-Building.jpg 7 inches x 2.5 inches, 0.6 MB

The Alcor operating room, ready to receive a patient. Alcor-OR1.jpg 7.5 inches x 5.6 inches, 1 MB

Another view of the Alcor operating theater. Alcor-OR2.jpg 6.3 inches x 8.0 inches, 0.8 MB

A contract surgeon performs initial procedures to gain access to a patient's vasculature. This will enable perfusion with a cryoprotectant solution to inhibit ice formation during subsequent cooling to storage temperature. Alcor-OR3.jpg 8.5 inches x 6.4 inches, 1.4 MB

A computer running LabView software displays parameters such as temperature, flow rate, and pressure during cryoprotective perfusion of a neuropatient. Alcor-OR4.jpg 5.4 inches x 5.1 inches, 1.1 MB

Another view of the surgical procedure. Alcor-OR5.jpg 4.7 inches x 5.4 inches, 0.7 MB

Staff members in Alcor's operating room include a surgeon, surgical technician (scrub nurse), scribe, photographer, and perfusionist, among others. Alcor-OR6.jpg 8.5 inches x 6.4 inches, 1.3 MB

A neuropatient, previously installed in a small cylindrical container, is placed in a neuropod which is lowered into its central position among four wholebody pods, all of which are immersed in liquid nitrogen. The mist forms as water vapor in the air is chilled by nitrogen vapor. Alcor-Dewar1.jpg 4.3 inches x 6.8 inches, 0.8 MB

This "bigfoot" Dewar is custom-designed to contain four wholebody patients and six neuropatients immersed in liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees Celsius. The Dewar is an insulated container which consumes no electric power. Liquid nitrogen is added periodically to replace the small amount that evaporates. Alcor-Dewar2.jpg 5.5 inches x 10.9 inches, 0.7 MB

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Photos may not be used without written permission of Alcor.