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Harvest small amount of fat Process tissue to cells Deliver back to patient
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Business Model: Sell Single-Use Processing Cartridge (razor/blade)
Why Fat ?
Adipose is not only a reservoir of fats…
Largest Endocrine Organ
>600 proteins, hormones, peptides and cytokines
(“adipokines”)
Blood Vessel
Angiogenesis
Anti-apoptosis
M1 MACROPHAGE M2 MACROPHAGE Down regulate inflammation
Pro-inflammatory Anti-inflammatory
Repair endothelial dysfunction
TNF-⍺, IL-6, IL-1β IL-10, IL-1Ra
• Produce Recruit for healing vs scar
• Produce pro-inflammatory
cytokines immunosuppressive Remodeling
• Minority of macrophages factors & anti-inflammatory Source of Repair cells
in adipose cytokines
• Majority of macrophages
Source of Immune cells
• Increases with obesity
in adipose Source of T-Cells 5
Complex Disease Requires Dynamic Multi-modal Biologic Therapy
Vascular Therapy
Perfusion
ADSCs Vessel density
VEGF, PlGF, bFGF
EPCs
NOS, ROS Endothelial
Mø
dysfunction
Endo Pericyte differentiation
VSMCs & recruitment, Vessel stabilization
Pericytes SDF-1, PlGF & expansion
Immunotherapy
Inflammation
ADSCs IL-10, IL-6 WBC recruitment
Mø & activation
IL-1b, TNF-⍺
T cells
PGE2 Mø switch to M2
Regenerative Therapy
Fibrosis Repair
Mø MMP1, TGFb, Scar remodeling
EPCs TIMP1 Recruitment of
Endo SDF-1, IGF-1 stem cells
ADSCs HGF, IGF-1 Apoptosis
Q1 ’22 First pt In
Q4 ‘23 Last pt (PEP)
Q2 ‘24 File PMA
Q4’ 24 FDA Approval
Q2 ’22 First pt In
Q2 ‘24 Last pt (PEP)
Q3 ‘24 File PMA
Q1’ 25 FDA Approval
Q4 ’22 First pt In
TBD Last pt (PEP)
TBD File PMA
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Global Mega Trend: OBESITY
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Competitive Advantages