Patent ID: 9724532
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61N

Claim:
1. A helmet for removably attaching a TMS coil to a head of a living patient, the TMS coil having a handle, and the helmet comprising: a sack that is flexible and airtight, the sack having an interior volume and a centrally located opening, the opening being sized to receive a handle of the TMS coil that is inserted into the sack; a valve located on the sack, the valve allowing air to be withdrawn from, and introduced into, the interior volume of the sack; and a multiplicity of beads located in the interior volume of the sack, wherein the helmet is suspended from a support structure via a breakaway assembly that detachably engages the handle of the TMS coil that is inserted into the sack of the helmet; wherein said breakaway assembly is configured to detachably suspend the handle of the TMS coil from a support cable secured to the support structure when force on the support cable does not exceed twice the weight of the helmet with the TMS coil located therein and with the support cable connected to the TMS coil; and wherein said breakaway assembly is configured to detach the TMS coil from the support structure when force on the support cable exceeds twice the weight of the helmet with the TMS coil located therein and with the support cable connected to the TMS coil.