Patent ID: 8931147
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61G,B09B

Abstract:
1. A method of disposing of a cadaver, the method including the steps of: providing a coffin comprising a dissolvable receptacle for the cadaver, the dissolvable receptacle being fully dissolvable in an alkaline hydrolysis process, and the dissolvable receptacle shaped to closely conform to a head of the cadaver disposed therein; placing the cadaver into the coffin; placing the coffin in an alkaline hydrolysis unit so that at least the portion of the dissolvable receptacle containing the head of the cadaver is received within a head retaining means disposed in the alkaline hydrolysis unit for restraining vertical movement of the head of the cadaver during the alkaline hydrolysis process; and adding water and a chemical into the alkaline hydrolysis unit with the cadaver, to break down the cadaver into a fluid component and a bone residue component and to dissolve the coffin by alkaline hydrolysis.