The First Cat in Russia was Cryopreserved

In June of 2009 the first cat in Russia was cryopreserved.

He was young - only 2 years old, red-white, named Kuzya. He accidentally fell from the second floor. At first he seemed fine, but several days later it became obvious that there were complications.

Cat's owner turned to veterinars and got a sad diagnosis: multiple injuries of internal organs. The cat was dying and needed to be put out of the pain.

But

Alexander, cat's owner, had no intention to accept his pet's death. He was aware of nanotechnology's ability to restore his pet's body and brain sometime in future.

So he came to us, to KrioRus.

Cryopreservation of animals is somewhat simpler then that of human. They're smaller, and the procedure can be started sooner and performed faster. Therefore, just two hours after Kuzya's death at 22:00, at midnight he was already at KrioRus' facility, where we immediately started the procedure of lowering body temperature to a few degrees above 0C.

Early in the morning the cat was delivered to veterinary clinic again, where doctors performed perfusion under the guidance of experienced perfusionists. This was not easy, the full procedure took 15 hours to complete. Afterwards Kuzya was brought to KrioRus again, where he was cooled to -80C with in dry ice. To this day he is stored there.

Now Kuzya is preparing for further cooling in liquid nitrogen. All procedures will be finished soon, and Kuzya will start waiting to be reunited with his master in the decades to come.