# K973436: Vista Head Mounted Display

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Vista Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Decided: Dec 9, 1997 after 90 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
No predicates in its family tree.
3 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 4 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- None. FDA’s file for it is a 510(k) statement, which names no predicate.

## Most influential descendants
- K991303: Vista Orpc with Infomatix Intraop Software (1999), 2 descendants of its own
- K021290: Vista Visualization System, Model 9000, Vista Visualization System with Voice Activation and Pip, Model 9100 (2002), 1 descendant of its own
- K101810: 3DHJD Camera System Model (2010), 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/K973436
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology