Cellmyx
Mastering the Art of Fat Removal

Looking at the manifold benefits of liposuction, from targeted body contouring to improved quality of life, it is not surprising that men and women everywhere continue to flock to plastic surgeons worldwide. Increased demand, coupled with media-fed images of scar-less surgery within no time, has resulted in liposuction being perceived as a procedure without complications. However, what remains chaotic is the fact that most liposuction procedures and devices used today still rely upon older discoveries or technologies, revolving around the convenience of doctors and not patients, from a fat grafting standpoint. With a vision to turn the tables around this practice and uphold the comfort of patients, the California-based manufacturer of proprietary medical products—Cellmyx—envisions to change the modus operandi of liposuction. The company ardently focuses on the patient experience, ensuring promising clinical results, besides simplifying a doctor’s effort during such procedures.

Specializing in liposuction with a primary focus on adipose tissues, Cellmyx designs tubing canisters, cannulas, infiltration and aspiration pumps, and single-use kits, enabling doctors to perform mini fat grafting procedures with no requirement of massive surgical equipment. Cellmyx has specifically designed cannulas with non-sharp edges to quickly and efficiently produce effective grafting results that align with the patient’s convenience. The company’s cosmetic surgical procedures span across liposuction, breast implants, facial fat grafting, and other non-invasive techniques such as laser therapy. The company is further leveraging fat for regenerative procedures like hair restoration, wound healing, orthopedic joint-related issues, diabetic foot neuropathies, and more. “We’re trying to standardize the way micro fat grafting is done to harvest, process, filter, and transfer the fat back into the patient,” says David Angeloni, CTO and President of Cellmyx.

The company has four distinct offerings – AcquiCell^™, Lipo-Loop^®, intelliFat^™, and SuperG^™, Cannula series. “While many doctors complained about the large size of some of the console boxes used for fat debulking, my partner Greg and I, together decided to design a small device that still allows power assisted liposuction,” says Angeloni. On that front, AcquiCell was designed to help quickly and efficiently harvest fat, in any surgical setting. Its compactness and unique vibratory modality allows the the infiltration of tumescent fluid, aspiration of fat, and transferring it back into the body in a closed-loop system. The second product, Lipo-Loop, used in conjunction with AcquiCell^™, is a tubing set that utilizes Cellmyxes fat transfer canisters and peristaltic pump to clean the fat and inject it into the body without exposing it externally, thereby lowering the risk of infection. On the other hand, intelliFat^™ is a single-use disposable kit used for fat grafting, which allows a mini lipo-harvest to pull out 1-2 ounces or 30- 60cc’s of fat.

Along the entire way, we have never manufactured products that we wouldn’t want to use on ourselves or those which are not compliant with the FDA rules

This grafted out smaller portions of adipose has found practical applications in cosmetic procedures performed on the face, hands, feet and scars, where these fat particles are injected subcutaneously to improve both volume and skin tone. The intellifat™ kit contains several unique features. Its SuperG^™ milli and micro cannulas are specifically designed for harvesting via a syringe and collecting milli and micro fat respectably. The patented SuperG micro cannula contains an away of 300 holes with 500um aperture allows for the direct harvest of micro fat without having to go through complex and time-consuming resizing processes. Also, within the kit is the patented Diamond Cut^™ resizer to break down the fat clusters further, which enables the small particles to be injected via a 25-27-gauge microfacial cannula or needle. Another unique aspect of the kit comprises of filters to clean out the unwanted waste and oils, which can lead to undesirable results when fat grafting. As a result, intelliFat has been widely accepted by plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons and even dermatologist as a replacement or adjunct to fillers which can be rather expensive when used in high volumes with the added benefit of it being the patient’s own tissue. Cellmyx has also put a spin on their intelliFat kit with a focus on regenerative procedures in orthopedics, wound healing and hear restoration to name a few, where microfat is the desired final product as volume is not a concern. The call the kit intellFat SVT. SVT stands for stromal vascular tissue and is the part of the fat which contains the regenerative cells that support the adipocytes, fat cells, within adipose tissue.

To elaborate more on Cellmyx’s unparalleled offerings, Angeloni goes on to highlight one of their innumerable successful ventures. For several years now, the Brazilian Butt Lifts have been performed by physicians often using wrong tools and techniques to inject fat, intentionally or accidentally, into the patient’s gluteus maximus, which can potentially damage the gluteal vein. This specific type of plastic surgery has the highest mortality rate, as the larger fat chunks getting sucked by the body can cause embolism and possible death. At both the patient and doctor’s comfort, Cellmyx’s liposuction modality—AcquiCell—can be used to pull small to moderate amounts of fat. The device is repurposed to adopt a torque-based feedback mechanism that provides resistance detection, with a pre-set program for auto-stop functions. With five presets on the console, the AcquiCell will start to beep upon hitting the threshold of resistance. With this, Cellmyx can provide an extra safety mechanism and help prevent accidental embolism, potentially lowering the risk of Brazilian Butt Lifts.

“Throughout our journey in this industry, we have never manufactured products that we wouldn’t want to use on ourselves or those which are not compliant with the FDA rules,” says Angeloni. Believing that the future of medicine is in biologics, Cellmyx is continually thriving to develop products that bring about the best, affordable, and reproducible results from a fat volumization and regeneration standpoint. “With our ears to the ground, paying attention to the FDA regulations from a research standpoint, we may get into the cell-expanded or allogeneic tissue markets in the near future if there’s a demand for it,” says Angeloni in his conclusive remarks.