# openFDA Device UDI Scraper (`neuton/openfda-device-udi-scraper`) Actor

Extract FDA medical device UDI records for device identification, product-code enrichment, manufacturer intelligence, and compliance workflows.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/neuton/openfda-device-udi-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ashwin Prasad](https://apify.com/neuton) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, AI, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## openFDA Device UDI Scraper

Extract official FDA medical device UDI records from openFDA. This actor is designed for medical-device identification, manufacturer enrichment, product-code monitoring, hospital supply-chain workflows, and device compliance research.

### Why this actor

UDI data is a strong buyer-intent dataset for medtech companies, hospital supply-chain teams, procurement platforms, device catalog vendors, compliance teams, insurers, and healthcare analytics workflows. It helps resolve products, manufacturers, model/catalog numbers, identifiers, GMDN terms, MRI safety, commercial distribution status, and FDA product codes.

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### Output

- Public device record key, brand name, company name, model number, catalog number, and public version date
- Commercial distribution status, record status, Rx/OTC/single-use flags, MRI safety, product codes, GMDN terms, identifiers, and premarket submissions
- Source URL, raw FDA payload, and scrape timestamp

### Use cases

- Enrich medical-device catalogs and supplier databases
- Monitor device identifiers by brand, manufacturer, or product code
- Support hospital procurement, medtech research, and product-compliance workflows
- Feed AI agents with official FDA UDI records
- Join UDI data with FDA recalls, adverse events, 510(k), device classification, and manufacturer datasets

### Example input

```json
{
  "brandNames": ["FreeStyle"],
  "companyNames": ["Abbott"],
  "productCodes": ["NBW"],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 25
}
```

### Agent and automation workflows

Push output into procurement tools, Airtable, a warehouse, Make, n8n, or vector search. Agents can summarize device families, flag record status, enrich supplier catalogs, and route product-code or distribution-status changes to compliance and operations teams.

### Responsible use

This actor extracts public FDA/openFDA device data for enrichment and monitoring. Do not use output as medical, procurement, or regulatory advice without checking FDA source records and qualified review.

### Pricing

Recommended launch pricing: $3-$4 per 1,000 UDI rows, increasing toward $5-$7 per 1,000 after device-compliance or supplier-enrichment usage appears.

# Actor input Schema

## `brandName` (type: `string`):

Brand or device keyword, for example stent, catheter, or syringe.

## `companyName` (type: `string`):

Optional company keyword.

## `productCode` (type: `string`):

Optional FDA product code keyword.

## `commercialDistributionStatus` (type: `string`):

Optional commercial distribution status filter.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of UDI rows to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "brandName": "stent",
  "companyName": "",
  "productCode": "",
  "commercialDistributionStatus": "",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("neuton/openfda-device-udi-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("neuton/openfda-device-udi-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call neuton/openfda-device-udi-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,neuton/openfda-device-udi-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/i19tKp1pV1CLOzMby/builds/8u6q0ctE2UZwbdUVv/openapi.json