Abstract: Multi-part displaceable head plate (1) for an operating table (30), comprising: a coupling arrangement (2), a positioning segment (3) for positioning the head plate (1), a head support segment (4) for supporting the head of the patient, and an unlocking device (24) for unlocking two joint arrangements (5), (6). The positioning segment (3) and the head support segment (4) are each pivotably connected to the coupling arrangement (2) and to the positioning segment (3), via a first (5) and a second (6) joint arrangement respectively.

Abstract: Multi-part displaceable head plate (1) for an operating table (30), comprising: a coupling arrangement (2), a positioning segment (3) for positioning the head plate (1), a head support segment (4) for supporting the head of the patient, and an unlocking device (24) for unlocking two joint arrangements (5), (6). The positioning segment (3) and the head support segment (4) are each pivotably connected to the coupling arrangement (2) and to the positioning segment (3), via a first (5) and a second (6) joint arrangement respectively.

Abstract: An adjusting device for positioning support surface segments of an operating table is disclosed and may have a four-bar linkage, in which a base element of the operating table and a support surface segment of a patient bearing surface of the operating table are connected. The four-bar linkage may have a first guide bar and a second guide bar. The support surface segment may be connected to the four-bar linkage so that it can pivot about the second pivot.

Abstract: A clamping claw is disclosed. The clamping claw includes a base body with a support surface that rests on a slide rail and a clamp assembly. The clamp assembly includes a shaft mounted rotatably about a first rotational axis and a support element pivotably mounted about a second rotational axis. The clamping claw includes an activating member connected to the clamp assembly and configured to place the clamp assembly into a locked state in which the support surface and the support element both rest on the slide rail. The support element is moveable between a starting position and support position via the activating member. When the support element is in the support position, the clamp assembly is in the locked state. The clamping claw includes a locking mechanism to prevent movement of the activating member if the support element is in an intermediate position between the starting and support positions.

Abstract: An operating table device for securing an accessory to an operating table is disclosed. The operating table device has a first securing assembly configured to attach the operating table device to the operating table, and a second securing assembly configured to attach an elongated member of the accessory to the operating table device. The second securing assembly includes an aperture configured to receive the elongated member of the accessory. The second securing assembly includes a clamping assembly configured to clamp the elongated member of the accessory in the aperture. A cross section of the aperture has a polygonal shape, the polygonal shape being formed from at least two superimposed shapes, each of the at least two superimposed shapes having straight sides.

Abstract: A device for repositioning bone fracture fragments is disclosed. The device has a carrier assembly and a first arm assembly attached to the carrier assembly, the first arm assembly configured to hold a first bone fracture fragment. The device also has a second arm assembly attached to the carrier assembly, the second arm assembly configured to hold a second bone fracture fragment. The device further has an actuator assembly configured to adjust the second arm assembly, and an operating assembly configured to control an adjustment of the second arm assembly via the actuator assembly. The operating assembly is a manually operatable operating assembly.

Abstract: An operating table clamp is disclosed. The operating table clamp has a base body, a clamp assembly disposed on the base body, the clamp assembly having at least one bearing member configured to bear against the operating table member, and an activating member that is connected to the clamp assembly, the clamp assembly being brought by the activating member into a locked state in which the bearing member of the clamp assembly bears against the operating table member. In the locked state of the clamp assembly, the bearing member engages with an edge region of the operating table member, the edge region including an edge that is disposed between a first operating table member surface and a second operating table member surface, the first and second operating table member surfaces being angled relative to each other.

Abstract: A patient support surface module for supporting a patient body parthas a locking device with a plug bolt for engaging a receiving opening in a patient table or the like. A bolt element is movably accommodated in a through opening in the plug bolt, and a longitudinal axis of the through opening extends at an acute angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the plug bolt. The bolt element can engage a receiving opening for securing the plug bolt in the receiving opening. An actuating element is operably connected to the bolt element for moving the bolt element and the locking device between locked and released positions.

Abstract: An adjusting device for positioning support surface segments of an operating table is disclosed and may have a four-bar linkage, in which a base element of the operating table and a support surface segment of a patient bearing surface of the operating table are connected. The four-bar linkage may have a first guide bar and a second guide bar. The support surface segment may be connected to the four-bar linkage so that it can pivot about the second pivot.

Abstract: Devices, arrangements, and methods for heating a patient bearing area of an operating table, including a heating element for heating a patient bearing area of an operating table, with a heating element for heating a fluid that transfers heat, an elastically deformable flow layer of the patient bearing area through which the heated fluid can flow, and a fluid-tight sealing layer of the patient bearing area arranged between a surface of the patient bearing area provided for contact with the patient and said flow layer. The device may include a flow circuit for the circulating, heat-bearing fluid formed as a closed path.

Abstract: A clamping claw is disclosed. The clamping claw includes a base body with a support surface that rests on a slide rail and a clamp assembly. The clamp assembly includes a shaft mounted rotatably about a first rotational axis and a support element pivotably mounted about a second rotational axis. The clamping claw includes an activating member connected to the clamp assembly and configured to place the clamp assembly into a locked state in which the support surface and the support element both rest on the slide rail. The support element is moveable between a starting position and support position via the activating member. When the support element is in the support position, the clamp assembly is in the locked state. The clamping claw includes a locking mechanism to prevent movement of the activating member if the support element is in an intermediate position between the starting and support positions.

Abstract: An operating table device for securing an accessory to an operating table is disclosed. The operating table device has a first securing assembly configured to attach the operating table device to the operating table, and a second securing assembly configured to attach an elongated member of the accessory to the operating table device. The second securing assembly includes an aperture configured to receive the elongated member of the accessory. The second securing assembly includes a clamping assembly configured to clamp the elongated member of the accessory in the aperture. A cross section of the aperture has a polygonal shape, the polygonal shape being formed from at least two superimposed shapes, each of the at least two superimposed shapes having straight sides.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus is disclosed. The clamping apparatus has a main body having at least one bearing surface designed to bear against the structural member of the operating table. The clamping apparatus also has a clamp assembly that is attached to the main body and has a first bearing member and a second bearing member. The clamping apparatus further has an actuating assembly that is operatively connected to the clamp assembly and that actuates the clamp assembly into a locked state in which the at least one bearing surface of the main body and the first and second bearing members of the clamp assembly bear against the structural member.

Abstract: A device for repositioning bone fracture fragments is disclosed. The device has a carrier assembly and a first arm assembly attached to the carrier assembly, the first arm assembly configured to hold a first bone fracture fragment. The device also has a second arm assembly attached to the carrier assembly, the second arm assembly configured to hold a second bone fracture fragment. The device further has an actuator assembly configured to adjust the second arm assembly, and an operating assembly configured to control an adjustment of the second arm assembly via the actuator assembly. The operating assembly is a manually operatable operating assembly.

Abstract: An operating table clamp is disclosed. The operating table clamp has a base body, a clamp assembly disposed on the base body, the clamp assembly having at least one bearing member configured to bear against the operating table member, and an activating member that is connected to the clamp assembly, the clamp assembly being brought by the activating member into a locked state in which the bearing member of the clamp assembly bears against the operating table member. In the locked state of the clamp assembly, the bearing member engages with an edge region of the operating table member, the edge region including an edge that is disposed between a first operating table member surface and a second operating table member surface, the first and second operating table member surfaces being angled relative to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a patient support cushion and a heating device that is integrated in the patient support cushion. The apparatus also has a temperature sensor that is integrated in the patient support cushion and a patient support cushion controller. The patient support cushion controller controls the heating device that is integrated in the patient support cushion based on an actual temperature value detected by the temperature sensor and a predetermined temperature value. The patient support cushion controller controls heating of the patient support cushion by the heating device based on a closed control loop that includes the heating device that is integrated in the patient support cushion and the temperature sensor that is integrated in the patient support cushion.

Abstract: What is shown is an upholstery element for a bed of an operating table, with a baseplate, two elongate side parts comprising dimensionally stable foam, which are arranged along two mutually opposite edges of the baseplate, and an upholstery part which consists at least partially of soft foam and fits between the elongate side parts such that it bears at least with its outsides at least partially against the respectively adjacent side part, at least one projecting portion being formed and arranged at least on one side part such that the said portion engages into an associated recess on the outside of the upholstery part when the upholstery part is arranged between the side parts.

Abstract: What is described is a joint arrangement for the articulated connection of two segments of a patient bed, with two joint parts (36, 38), each of which is connected rigidly to one of the segments and which are pivotable relative to one another about a common joint axis (64) by means of a shaft journal (46), the joint parts (36, 38) carrying, in each case on at least one of their faces confronting one another axially, blocking faces (60) intended for bearing against one another, and the joint parts (36, 38) being capable of being tensioned axially relative to one another by means of a tensioning mechanism (46, 54, 50), and the blocking faces (60) lying in each case at least approximately in a plane containing the joint axis (64).

Abstract: The invention relates to a leg support arrangement for operating tables comprising two leg supports, connected to a base element of an operating table such that, the above are adjustable between a base position, lying adjacent to each other parallel to the longitudinal mid-axis of the operating table and a spread position with a separation from the longitudinal mid-axis, whereby each leg support is connected to the base element by means of a parallelogram joint, the joint axes (36, 52, 44, 54) of which are arranged perpendicular to the plane of the base element.

Abstract: What is described is a joint arrangement for the articulated connection of two segments of a patient bed, with two joint parts (36, 38), each of which is connected rigidly to one of the segments and which are pivotable relative to one another about a common joint axis (64) by means of a shaft journal (46), the joint parts (36, 38) carrying, in each case on at least one of their faces confronting one another axially, blocking faces (60) intended for bearing against one another, and the joint parts (36, 38) being capable of being tensioned axially relative to one another by means of a tensioning mechanism (46, 54, 50), and the blocking faces (60) lying in each case at least approximately in a plane containing the joint axis (64).