Sparks Brain Preservation
A Non-profit Organization
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This is a simplified description of the procedures that are performed by Sparks Brain Preservation.
We should be contacted as early in the process as possible. The details on this page are generic and may be very different for a given patient.
If a patient is near death, someone from our team should be standing by, ready to act. We will wait for legal death to be pronounced by medical personnel. We will quickly move the body into a vehicle or to a location where surgical procedures may be performed.
If the case is not in Salem, then a standby may not be possible. A funeral director may arrange transport of the patient's body to Salem, Oregon as described in Instructions for Funeral Director or Pathologist.
Perfusion (pumping of liquids into the arteries) is attempted in order to protect the fine structure of the brain.
The brain is stored in aldehyde at refrigerator temperature.