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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1978
Wilko Kuphal, Rueckersdorf, DE;
Heinz Wons, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin & Munich, DE;
Abstract
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.