Patient-supporting apparatus for a piece of medical equipment

Patient-supporting apparatus for a piece of medical equipment A patient-supporting apparatus () for a piece of medical equipment (), in particular for an MRI tomograph, has a panel () for supporting a patient () or for bearing a separate supporting panel. Also provided is a guide element () on which...

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Main Authors Heinold, Michael, Strasser, Wilhelm, Seufert, Matthias
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.07.2004
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Summary:Patient-supporting apparatus for a piece of medical equipment A patient-supporting apparatus () for a piece of medical equipment (), in particular for an MRI tomograph, has a panel () for supporting a patient () or for bearing a separate supporting panel. Also provided is a guide element () on which the panel () is arranged in a displaceable manner such that it can be introduced into an accommodating region () of the piece of medical equipment (). The patient-supporting apparatus () is distinguished in that a handle () provided for displacing the panel () is of pivotable configuration. Preferably integrated in the handle () is an actuating element () which can bring about an operation for braking the panel () in relation to the guide element ().