For everyone
This page shows how much public-record attention a device gets — reports filed, recalls issued,
studies run. High attention usually tracks how widely a device is used and how well it is documented.
It is never a safety verdict, and the absence of records is not evidence of safety.
For researchers
Sources: openFDA (device/event MAUDE, enforcement, UDI), ClinicalTrials.gov v2, PubMed — all keyless
public APIs, queried live with server-side totals. Every signal card carries its formula and sources
under “Methodology”, and confidence levels are stated per reading.
Limits
No usage denominator: public data does not include units sold, so volumes are NOT failure rates.
MAUDE has a publication lag (the newest weeks look artificially quiet), many reports lack event dates,
and device name matching is textual — subsidiaries, brand names, and procedure-like names can blur
the picture. Signal weights and thresholds are editorial choices, documented per card under
“Methodology”. Data-quality readings on this page quantify some of these gaps.