Abstract: The invention relates to an auscultation device (1) for capturing and evaluating body sounds, having an auscultation element (2) having a housing (4, 4a) and arranged therein: an audio system (5), a power supply (6), a computing unit (7), means for data transmission (7a) and a control interface (8), and having a data processing system having a user interface (10), means for data transmission (14a), a memory (13) and a computing unit (14), wherein the audio system (5) comprises at least one microphone unit (5a, 5b) for capturing the body's own sounds and this at least one microphone unit (5a, 5b) comprises a microphone (i) and a connection element (ii) between microphone (i) and housing (4, 4a).

Abstract: An operating table including a stretcher for receiving a patient on a supporting surface of the stretcher, a detector which is arranged below the stretcher's supporting surface, an arcuate arm which is extendable from an area below the supporting surface at least partially into an area above the supporting surface, and an X-ray tube positioned in the arm.