SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:ICU), a commercial-stage healthcare company focused on transformational treatments for critically ill patients facing organ failure and potential loss of life, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted SeaStar Medical Breakthrough Device Designation for its Selective Cytopheretic Device (SCD) therapy for the treatment of hyperinflammation in adult patients with sepsis or a septic condition. The Breakthrough Device Designation is a regulatory pathway designed to provide for accelerated development, assessment, and review for FDA approval of medical devices and potentially more effective treatments of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases or conditions. This marks the seventh Breakthrough Device Designation for the SCD therapy thus far across a range of indications.