Apparatus and method for determining a desired coil position for magnetic stimulation

Abstract

This application relates to a Magnetic Stimulation (MS) and preferably Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) system. Examples according to this disclosure provide a simple, low cost and reliable system for appropriately positioning an MS coil arrangement into a treatment position or a position for diagnosis. An example system enables positioning of a MS coil arrangement relative to a wearer's body to a Desired Coil Position (DCP) and comprises a wearable apparatus comprising a support structure for positioning onto the body of a patient, the support structure carrying a plurality of sensors for measuring the proximity of a MS coil arrangement relative thereto to provide measured proximity values; a processor configured to compare DCP proximity values for each of the plurality of sensors representing the proximity of a MS coil arrangement to the sensors in the DCP to the measured proximity values and determine when the measured proximity values match the DCP proximity values thereby indicating a MS coil arrangement is in the DCP; an output arrangement for providing an indication to an operator when the MS coil arrangement is in the DCP.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.