Can your own fat cells rebuild a damaged knee?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria * Subjects aged of 35-80 years old * Patients with knee osteoarthritis grade II, III, and IV Kellgren-Lawrence * Chronic knee pain or symptoms for at least 3 months * BMI between 20 and 34.9 * Willing and able to read and sign the informed consent and other study materials * Written informed consent has been obtained prior to any study-related procedures * Written Authorization for Use and Release of Health and Research Study Information has been signed * Subjects are ambulatory * Subject is willing and able to comply with study instructions and commit to all follow-up visits for the duration of the study * Females of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test result and not be lactating * Subject is in good general health and free of any systemic disease state or physical condition that might impair evaluation or which in the Investigator's opinion, exposes the Subject to an unacceptable risk by study participation Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with previous traumatic lesion (tibial fracture, osteothomy) of the knee * Subjects with osteonecrosis * Subjects with meniscal surgery in the previous 6 weeks * Subjects with gout, hyperlipidemia * Subjects without decisional capacity * Subjects with inflammatory arthritis * Subjects with active infection * Subjects with any uncontrolled systemic disease * Subjects with a history of severe allergic/anaphylactic reactions or multiple allergies * Subjects planning to become pregnant, are pregnant, or are breast-feeding * Subjects with history or current evidence of drug or alcohol abuse within 36 months prior to screening visit * Subjects who have active autoimmune disease * Subjects who have coagulation disorders * Subjects who have received any other therapy, which, in the opinion of the investigator, could interfere with safety or efficacy evaluations * Subjects with current enrollment in an investigational drug or device study or participation in such a study within 30 days of entry into this study * Subjects with any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, makes the subject inappropriate to take part in this study * Subjects who have received anti-coagulation, anti-platelet, or thrombolytic medications (e.g., warfarin), anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, e.g., aspirin, ibuprofen), or other substances known to increase coagulation time from 7 days pre- to 3 days post injection. A wash out period of 7 days is allowed * Subjects who have undergone immunosuppressive therapy, chemotherapy, biologics or systemic corticosteroids within 3 months prior to each study visit. * No intra-articular injection of corticosteroids within the last 24 weeks * No intra-articular injection of any other cellular therapy within the last 24 weeks