Sparks Brain Preservation
A Non-profit Organization
Quality structural brain preservation services
We provide the highest quality structural brain preservation that we believe is possible in any circumstance. Our goal is to allow people at the time of their legal death to have a chance at revival, if this ever becomes possible in the future. We strive to be an inclusive organization and allow our services to be as accessible to as many people as possible. We are also committed to scientific research to test and improve our preservation quality.
This is a brief description for an ideal case:
Structural preservation quality in human brain tissue, after hours of ischemia
FIB-SEM stack from the frontal cortex of a donated human research brain, that we preserved via perfusion fixation with 10% neutral buffered formalin after 4.5 hours of warm ischemia. This video shows sequential slices through the tissue, revealing the 3D structure of preserved neurons, axons, and other cellular structures.
Executive Director
Anatomical Research Specialist
Research Assistant
Research Scientist
Anatomical Research Specialist
Anatomical Research Specialist II
Anatomical Research Specialist
Anatomical Research Specialist
Research Assistant
Anatomical Research Specialist
Anatomical Research Specialist
We've transitioned from our old names, Oregon Cryonics and Oregon Brain Preservation, to our new name, Sparks Brain Preservation. Our mission remains the same as it always has been: the very best possible preservation quality for as many patients as possible.
Members: 41
Human Patients Preserved: 20
Pet Patients Preserved: 11
Sparks Brain Preservation is licensed through the State of Oregon as a Nontransplant Anatomical Research Recovery Organization (NARRO). This license allows us to make use of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) to legally accept body and tissue donations.
Administrative Rules, OAR 333-081: Oregon Public Health Division
License Information: http://public.health.oregon.gov
Only a few companies in Oregon fall under the NARRO regulation. Prior to this law that first took effect in 2014, making use of the UAGA was entirely legal, but not regulated. The term "NARRO" seems to be specific to Oregon, so far. Companies that would fall under the definition of a NARRO exist in most other states, and are part of a thriving industry, primarily serving as hands-on education for surgical skills by medical professionals. Most of these companies are not regulated, yet they serve a well-accepted and important purpose.
Oregon Corporation Division Data: egov.sos.state.or.us/SparksBrainPreservation
Sparks Brain Preservation was established in 2005 as a Non Profit Mutual Benefit corporation. It is not charitable, public benefit, or tax exempt. It actually operates very similarly to a for-profit corporation, except that the assets are protected from being taken by the director(s). Sparks Brain Preservation does make a "profit" from time to time, on which it does pay taxes. This "profit" actually represents the accumulation of assets such as the building and equipment.