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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-16-025545
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160930

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001095981
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				330827593
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3020 CALLAN ROAD
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92121
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8584580900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3020 CALLAN ROAD
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92121

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MACROPORE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010320
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">September 30, 2016</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Via Edgarlink and Facsimile</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Ms. Amanda Ravitz</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Assistant Director, Office of Electronics and Machinery</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Securities and Exchange Commission</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">100 F Street, N.E.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Washington, DC 20549</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">RE: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. (&#8220;Cytori&#8221;)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Filed March 11, 2016</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">File No. 001-34375</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Dear Ms. Ravitz:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This letter responds to the comments contained in your letter dated September 21, 2016 regarding our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">For your convenience, we have repeated your comment and set forth our response immediately after the comment. <font style="text-decoration:none;color:#auto;">Our response should not be interpreted as an admission of any deficiency with respect to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2015.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Form 10-K/A for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015 filed March 24, 2016 </font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1. <font style="color:#000000;">We note that you filed this amendment to your Form 10-K to include a corrected exhibit 32 because the certifications as originally filed identified the wrong periodic report. Please file an amended Form 10-K that contains the corrected certifications and that is accompanied by the entire periodic report, or advise.&nbsp;&nbsp;For guidance, please see the Division of Corporation Finance&#8217;s Regulation S-K Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation Question 246.14, available on the Commission&#8217;s website. We also note that you should file the appropriate certifications required by Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(31) along with such amendment.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:7.69%;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Cytori response:<font style="font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;&nbsp;We have prepared and filed an amended Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2015 that (i) contains the corrected certification for exhibit 32; (ii) is accompanied by&#160;the&#160;entire periodic report; and (iii) includes the appropriate certifications required by Regulation S-K&#160;Item&#160;601(b)(31).&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Ms. Amanda Ravitz</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Securities and Exchange Commission</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">September 30, 2016</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">As requested in your comment letter dated September 21, 2016, Cytori hereby acknowledges that:</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Cytori may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">If I can facilitate the Staff&#8217;s review, or if the Staff has any questions on the information set forth herein, please telephone me at (858) 875-5211 or Marc Hedrick, our Chief Executive Officer, at (858) 875-5203.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you for your time and consideration.</p>
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