Patent ID: 8651343

Claim:
A suspension apparatus for holding a lead suit in radiation therapy comprising: a suit hanger for supporting the lead suit; a bracket to be fixed at a ceiling, a steel beam, or a wall; a mechanical arm set including a plurality of minor arms pivotally connected to one another in series, one end of the mechanical arm set is pivoted at the bracket and another end pivoted to the suit hanger; an adjustable portion connecting the mechanical arm set and the suit hanger, and comprising an axial rod, a pipe telescopically connected to the axial rod, and a positioning pin; wherein the axial rod defines a positioning hole in a side thereof; the pipe defines a plurality of holes axially arranged in a row; and the positioning pin is inserted in a selected one of the holes of the pipe as well as the positioning hole of the axial rod; and a lead glass mask set provided to protect a face of an operator, wherein the suit hanger includes a U-rod configured to embrace a head of the operator, and two supporting rods laterally extending from two legs of the U-rod to be suspended over a pair of shoulders of the operator; the lead glass mask set includes two dovetail tracks disposed on the two legs of the U-rod respectively and a lead glass mask with a U-shaped cross section to shield the face of the operator, wherein the lead glass mask has at opposite ends two male dovetail bars detachably interlocked with the two dovetail tracks on the U-rod of the suit hanger respectively.