Benefits

Why patient-specific coil interfaces

1 Consistent Session-to-Session Placement

The interface is built around the planned 6-DoF coil pose (position, tilt, and rotation), returning the coil to the same anatomical seat at each visit.

2 No Tracking Camera Needed in the Room

Carries MRI-planned or scan-planned targeting into treatment rooms that do not have optical neuronavigation hardware.

3 Accounts for Individual Skull Morphology

Avoids spherical-head approximations by registering directly to the participant's 3D head surface and compensating for Cephalic Index variations.

4 Tailored to Your Coil Model

Dedicated seats built to the housing outline of MagVenture (Cool-B70, Cool-B65, MCF-B65), Magstim, NeuroStar, and Deymed figure-8 coils.

5 Automated Scan-to-CAD Workflow

Send an optical head scan or MRI mesh to p•••@brainautics.com to receive a patient-specific STEP CAD model for local 3D printing, or order a printed guide from Linz.

6 Patented Design (Austrian Patent AT 527771)

Protected by granted Austrian Patent AT 527771 and international PCT applications covering patient-specific coil seating and vacuum-assisted stabilization.

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Who It Is For & Workflow Comparison

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Research Labs. Return to the same planned target in every session of a study, with or without an optical neuronavigation system on site. Send an MRI-based head model with the planned coil pose, or a 3D optical head scan, to p•••@brainautics.com and receive a patient-specific STEP CAD model or 3D-printed interface for that participant.

TMS Clinics & Multi-Session Protocols (Early Access). A fixed coil-to-head interface is particularly practical in three situations: participants who cannot sit still, accelerated schedules with several sessions per day (such as SAINT-style iTBS workflows), and protocols sensitive to session-to-session coil drift. Clinical use is currently in early access; Brainautics interfaces are supplied for research use and are not yet CE-marked or FDA-cleared.

Pediatric & Autism (ASD) Research Studies. TMS in children and in autism is an active area of clinical research where keeping a heavy coil stable on a moving head is a major practical challenge. Because a head-mounted interface moves with the head, it helps maintain coil contact without rigid head restraint.

Workflow Aspect Brainautics 3D Interface Optical Neuronavigation Standard Scalp Tape / Cap
Positioning Principle 3D-printed patient-specific mechanical guide Optical camera tracking with infrared markers Manual tape measurements / elastic cap
Per-Session Setup Put on guide & seat coil (no tracker calibration) Tracker attachment & landmark registration each visit Manual re-measurement or cap alignment
Head Movement Interface & coil seat move with the head Requires manual re-alignment or robotic arm Fixed arm loses target when head shifts
Skull Shape Adaptation True 3D head surface + Cephalic Index calculator 3D MRI / head model (requires camera cart) Spherical-head assumption (unless CI-corrected)
Room Hardware Required None (per-participant CAD / 3D print) Dedicated optical tracking system in room Tape measure & cap