Patent ID: 8479743

Claim:
A pod for supporting a head and neck region of a patient during radiation treatment, the pod comprising: a shell generally conforming to the head and neck region of the patient, the shell comprising a shell caudal end, a cephalad end, and the shell extending upwardly from an inner surface of the shell and around the sides of the patient's head forming a channel, the shell tapering to a smaller thickness as the shell extends upwardly from the inner surface of the shell; a facemask configured to attach to an outer surface of the shell to immobilize the patient, the facemask having a first facemask lateral edge and a second facemask lateral edge and configured to extend laterally in the head and neck region of the patient; and a facemask-to-shell attachment system comprising a first pin formed in an outer surface of the shell on one side of the patient's heads, a second pin formed on an outer surface of the shell on the other side of the patient's, a first receiving slot near the first facemask lateral edge to receive the first pin, and a second receiving slot near the second facemask lateral edge to receive the second pin.