# K241879: vRad Viewer

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Virtual Radiologic Corporation
- Decided: Jul 18, 2024 after 20 days
- Product code: LLZ (System, Image Processing, Radiological)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 892.2050
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 3 generations back to K051553 (2005). 4 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 5 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K162145: vRad PACS with Mammography, Virtual Radiologic Corporation (2016) Summary page 5.

## Indications for use
The vRad Viewer software is used with general purpose computing hardware which meets or exceeds minimum specifications. The vRad Viewer is intended to receive, display, and transmit images for clinical purposes. The vRad Viewer is intended for installation on an off-the-shelf PC meeting or exceeding minimum specifications and networked with storage components. The vRad Viewer is intended to serve as the primary user interface for the processing of medical images for presentation on displays appropriate to the medical task being performed. The vRad Viewer can process medical images from DICOM modalities, such as X-ray radiography, X-ray computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and images from other DICOM-compliant modalities. The vRad Viewer may be used for the display, manipulation, and interpretation of lossless compressed or non-compressed mammography images that have been received in the DICOM "For Presentation" format and may only be used on monitors determined to be appropriate for the desired task.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K241879
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology