Kahook Dual Blade Glide KDB GlideRecalls & reported problems
New World Medical, Incorporated · Kahook Dual Blade Glide · Class 1
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00892064002003), received between Feb 17, 2022 and Jun 12, 2023 — classified as 3 injuries.
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem3
Patient problems
- Endophthalmitis2
- Intraocular Pressure Decreased1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 12, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
USER FACILITY REPORTED THE FOLLOWING "ENDOPHTHALMITIS S/P CATARACT/KDB 5-3-23. PT WAS SEEN BY RETINA AND RECEIVED AN INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF DEXAMETHASONE, CEFTAZADIME, AND VANCOMYCIN. CULTURE WAS ALSO OBTAINED, WHICH DID NOT GROW ANYTHING. VISION WAS HAND MOTION WHEN SEEN ON (B)(6) 2023. AS OF (B)(6) PT HAD VISION OF COUNT FINGERS AT 1 FT."
Patient problems: Endophthalmitis
MAUDE report 17107892 ↗InjuryApr 12, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DISTRIBUTOR REPORTED, "NASAL CYCLODIALYSIS CLEFT 2 HOURS LEADING TO POST-OP PRESSURE OF 4 MMHG ON 22.3.2023"
Patient problems: Intraocular Pressure Decreased
MAUDE report 16728754 ↗InjuryFeb 17, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE ORIGINAL SURGERY WAS ON (B)(6) 2022. IT WAS A COMBINED GONIOTOMY & CATARACT SURGERY ( THE IOL IMPLANT WAS FROM A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER, NOT A NEW WORLD MEDICAL PRODUCT). THREE DAYS AFTER THE SURGERY, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED ABOUT BLURRY VISION AND WAS REFERRED TO AN OPHTHALMOLOGY ER WHERE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ENDOPHTHALMITIS. AFTER UNDERGOING TWO VITRECTOMY SURGERIES AND INTENSIVE ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT, PATIENT LOST EYESIGHT AND HAS ONLY LIGHT PERCEPTION VISUAL ACUITY IN THE OPERATED EYE.
Patient problems: Endophthalmitis
MAUDE report 13549343 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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