# K220891: Kahook Dual Blade Glide (KDB Glide)

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: New World Medical, Inc.
- Decided: May 17, 2024 after 781 days
- Product code: QUQ (Knife, Intraocular Pressure Lowering)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 878.4400
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 4 generations back to K792365 (1979). 17 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 18 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K040584: NMX-1000, Neomedix Corp. (2004) Summary page 5.

## Indications for use
The Kahook Dual Blade Glide is indicated to surgically remove a strip of trabecular meshwork to reduce intraocular pressure in adult patients with primary open angle glaucoma.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K220891
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology