Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Wilko Kuphal

Arthur Gall

Walter Polster

Georg Vogel

Heinz Wons

Heinz Meier

A urological patient positioning table has a patient positioning plate with a head end and a foot end, and has a lifting column connected to the patient positioning plate. The lifting column is arranged at the head end of the patient positioning plate laterally next to the patient positioning plate.

Urological patient positioning table

An x-ray examination apparatus has an x-ray radiator mounted on a radiator carrier, with an x-ray film cassette loading and positioning device arranged relative to the radiator carrier so that an x-ray film cassette can be loaded into the device at a position remote from the x-ray radiator, and can be conveyed by the device, after loading, to an exposure position disposed beneath the x-ray radiator.

X-ray examination apparatus having an X-ray film cassette loading and

In an exemplary embodiment, a patient support platform, resting on a frame, can be irradiated in a shadow-free fashion, and is provided with two longitudinally extending support rails for the mounting of accessories, and a collector basin for collecting outflowing contrast medium. To avoid grooves and cracks where fluids can accumulate and make cleaning very difficult, a single-piece, smooth support plate is provided for entirely covering the upper surface and the four lateral edges--adjoining the upper surface--of the patient support platform, and the support rails are moved to the longitudinal sides of the support plate. In addition, the support plate can be provided with a flat depression with marginal edges extending at a shallow angle for minimized attenuation of incident X-rays. The support rails can manifest a T-shaped cross section and can be mounted with the foot of the 'T' on the drawn-down lateral edges of the examination table.

Examination table for a urological X-ray examination apparatus

Hitherto, tub-like collector receptacles capable of being pulled forward in two guide rails in a drawer-like fashion have been utilized. These collector receptacles are bulky, cause interference during the examination process, and, even in the case of a restricted collector-volume, obstruct the knee-freedom of the physician conducting the examination. The disclosure here instead of the rigid collector receptacle, provides a collector receptacle which consists essentially of a plastic sack and a highly flexible band, guided on-edge, through a tubularly flanged border of the plastic sack for supporting the plastic sack. This band can be mounted in countersupports pivotal on the supports of the examination table. The upper edge of the plastic sack can be only partly tubularly flanged with another portion forming an approximately 70-cm-long and approximately 60-cm-wide sheet which can be placed on the patient support platform. This sheet, at its uppermost terminal edge, can be capable of being secured tightly to the body of the patient by means of a belt. At its deepest location, the plastic sack can have a tubular outlet fitting which can be coupled to a corresponding hose connection piece.

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Rueckersdorf, Germany

Wilko Kuphal