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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2006
Guido Koch, Karlsruhe, DE;
Heiko Kottmann, Rastatt, DE;
Markus Bürstner, Karlsruhe, DE;
Maquet GmbH & Co. KGaA, Rastatt, DE;
Abstract
In a patient bed for an operating table, comprising a plurality of bed portions (), of which a middle portion () is designed for connection to the supporting column of the operating table and which are coupled releasably to one another via interfaces (), at least one bed portion () being adjustable in relation to an adjacent bed portion () in the region of an interface (), the middle portion () of the bed () is connectable at at least one of its ends, via a first interface (), to the one end of an intermediate portion () which is connectable at its other end, via a second interface (), to a further bed portion (), the first interface () having two first coupling elements () which engage positively one in the other for a rigid connection and which have transmission elements coming into contact with one another during interengagement and intended for the transmission of signals and/or energy, and the second interface () comprising two second coupling elements which are intended for positive engagement with one another and of which the second coupling element () arranged on the intermediate portion () can be adjusted, by means of an actuating drive arranged on the intermediate portion, about an axis parallel to the bed plane and perpendicular to the bed longitudinal direction.