# K961800: Head Mounted Display

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vista Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Decided: Sep 11, 1996 after 125 days
- Product code: GCJ (Laparoscope, General & Plastic Surgery)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 876.1500
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 1 generation back to K923160 (1992). 2 ancestors in all.
6 later devices descend from it; 4 cite it directly.
0 of 9 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K923160: 3DSCOPE, American Surgical Technologies Corp. (1992) Summary page 1.
- K944254: Oktas Stereo Viewing System, Oktas (1994) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K030940: Nomad ND1000M Augmented Vision System (2003), 2 descendants of its own
- K961343: Medvision Personal Monitor (1997), 2 descendants of its own
- K040244: Microoptical's Critical Data Viewers, Models MD-3 and MD-6 (2004), 1 descendant of its own
- K981999: Albatech Personal Monitor (1998), 1 descendant of its own
- K042923: MD-6W Wireless Critical Data Viewer (2004), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
The Vista Head Mounted Display System is designed to display video images while mounted on the users head.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K961800
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology