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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Ulrich Batzer, Buckenhof, DE;
Minh-Duc Doan, Erlangen, DE;
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, unknown;
Abstract
An arrangement is disclosed including a patient support apparatus with a support plate and an overlay for the support plate. In an embodiment, the support plate or overlay includes an electrically conductive first layer. The first layer is connected and/or connectable to a contact-making apparatus via a first electric transmission path. The contact-making apparatus is connected and/or connectable to a ground or mass via a second electric transmission path. And, in an operating mode of the arrangement in which a patient is supported on the patient support apparatus, the first layer is connected and/or connectable to the patient via a third electric transmission path.