# K971776: Echovacs

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vmi Technologies
- Decided: Jul 14, 1997 after 62 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: 2 generations back to K955092 (1996). 2 ancestors in all.
2 later devices descend from it; 1 cites it directly.
0 of 5 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K963610: Aki Compacs Data Compresion Module for Diagnostic Images, A.L.I. Technologies, Inc. (1996) Summary page 2.

## Most influential descendants
- K990052: Tel-Echo System (1999), 1 descendant of its own
- K032324: Echoencoder (2003), 0 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
EchoVACS™ is indicated for the capture, archiving, retrieval and display of echocardiography images. It permits annotation of images as well as recording and analysis of workload statistics. It also permits report generation from a comprehensive internal lexicon of anatomic and diagnostic terms covering adult, pediatric and fetal echocardiography.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K971776
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology