SeaStar Medical, a commercial-stage medical device company developing proprietary solutions to reduce the consequences of hyperinflammation on vital organs, has begun shipping QUELIMMUNE to a third hospital customer. QUELIMMUNE is the Company’s Selective Cytopheretic Device (SCD) for treating critically ill children in the intensive care unit (ICU) with acute kidney injury (AKI) and sepsis.
“Within weeks of implementing our direct sales model we have added two commercial customers, underscoring our team’s ability to assist hospitals with the Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) requirements and seamlessly fulfill their orders,” said Tim Varacek, SeaStar Medical Senior Vice President, Commercial & Business Operations. “We are delighted that QUELIMMUNE is now available to more children who may benefit from our potentially lifesaving therapeutic device as we continue efforts to secure additional hospital clearances. Our recent progress puts us on track for our goal of having QUELIMMUNE commercially available in the ICUs of four to five leading pediatric hospitals by the end of 2024.”
“Demand for QUELIMMUNE has been impressive as we’ve now shipped more than 100 disposable therapeutic devices since our commercial launch in July,” said Eric Schlorff, SeaStar Medical CEO. “We are supporting further adoption with data presented at Kidney Week 2024 showing the projected cost savings to hospitals treating these critically ill children, principally driven by the lower expected death rate and shorter length of hospital stay versus standard of care.”
