openFDA / Medical device recalls

FDA medical device recalls: recalling firm, product description and codes, root cause, reason, action taken, status and dates, product and K/PMA numbers. openFDA search syntax: field:value or field:"exact phrase", combined with AND / OR, ranges as field:[20240101 TO 20241231]. Useful fields: recalling_firm, product_description, reason_for_recall, root_cause_description, recall_status, event_date_initiated, openfda.device_name. Up to 25 records per call (limit), page with skip. No match is a $0 miss (HTTP 404 NOT_FOUND). A malformed search is refused by FDA (400 or 500), $0. Free. Data provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (https://open.fda.gov). Do not rely on openFDA to make decisions about medical care; FDA does not validate these reports. FDA does not endorse looot.