# FDA MAUDE Adverse Event Summary for Medical Devices

> FDA MAUDE Adverse Event Summary for Medical Devices is a paid API for AI agents from api.agentstools.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns counts of malfunctions, injuries, and deaths by event type for a medical-device brand from the FDA MAUDE adverse event database.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.agentstools.dev/device/adverse-events
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fda-maude-adverse-event-summary-for-medical-devices-771e1ea5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_cW9qGedjzV2YJRgqMv0KW

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability fda-maude-adverse-event-summary-for-medical-devices-771e1ea5
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the FDA MAUDE adverse event summary for Boston Scientific pacemakers — I want to see how many malfunctions, injuries, and deaths have been reported?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick summary of FDA-reported adverse events (malfunctions, injuries, deaths) for a specific medical device brand without needing to query the FDA MAUDE API directly. Ideal for compliance research, due diligence, or safety screening of medical devices.

## Known failure modes

- Unknown or misspelled brand name returns empty results or no matches
- Brand name too generic may return aggregated or ambiguous results
- FDA MAUDE database unavailability causes upstream lookup failure
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402 error
- Rare or niche device brands may have no recorded events in the database

## How this service works

Adverse-event summary for a medical-device brand from the FDA MAUDE database. Returns counts of malfunctions, injuries and deaths by event type. Informational, not medical advice.

## Output

Returns a structured summary of adverse events for the specified medical device brand from the FDA MAUDE database, including counts broken down by event type (malfunction, injury, death). Data is informational and not medical advice.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "brand"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "brand": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Medical-device brand or generic device name, e.g. pacemaker"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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