Abstract: A medical imaging system is provided. The medical imaging system includes a patient positioning table and a patient examination area that is open on at least three sides and accessible from a front side. The patient positioning table is able to be moved into the patient examination area. At least one positioning motor is arranged on a rear side and is separated from the front side by a rear wall element. The at least one positioning motor is operable to adjust the position of a framework. The patient positioning table is disposed on the framework.

Abstract: A trolley for transporting a patient includes a couch for the patient, an extendable and retractable component, and a coupling device on the extendable and retractable component for coupling the trolley to a medical apparatus. The couch and the extendable and retractable component are arranged such that extending or retracting the extendable and retractable component when the trolley is coupled to the medical apparatus (NMR) causes a relative movement of the couch with respect to the medical apparatus.

Abstract: A trolley for transporting a patient includes a couch for the patient, an extendable and retractable component, and a coupling device on the extendable and retractable component for coupling the trolley to a medical apparatus. The couch and the extendable and retractable component are arranged such that extending or retracting the extendable and retractable component when the trolley is coupled to the medical apparatus (NMR) causes a relative movement of the couch with respect to the medical apparatus.

Abstract: A patient positioning apparatus for a magnetic resonance device is provided. The patient positioning apparatus includes a positioning unit with a fixing side for fixing to the magnetic resonance device, a supporting frame extending horizontally starting from the fixing side and being arranged in a vertically adjustable fashion on the positioning unit, a patient plate mounted in a moveable fashion on the supporting frame, and a vertical adjusting mechanism operable to vertically adjust the supporting frame, the vertical adjusting mechanism has a first drive motor disposed on a side within the supporting frame that is remote from the fixing side.

Abstract: A patient positioning device is provided. The patient positioning device includes a patient positioning top and a u-shaped undercarriage that includes first and second parts that can be displaced relative to each other. An undercarriage length is adjustable with the first and second parts.

Abstract: A module of a support apparatus (5) of a medical examination and treatment device, in particular of a magnetic resonance device (3), comprises the following features: a base unit (52) and a support unit (54) to support an examination object (1), which can travel in the horizontal direction in respect of the base unit (52), and a bracket unit (70) acting between the base unit (52) and the support unit (54), it being possible to move said bracket unit (70) against the base unit (52) and the support unit (54) and with which the support unit (54) can travel beyond the base unit (52).

Abstract: A patient positioning device is provided. The patient positioning device includes a patient positioning top and a u-shaped undercarriage that includes first and second parts that can be displaced relative to each other. An undercarriage length is adjustable with the first and second parts.

Abstract: A patient positioning apparatus for a magnetic resonance device is provided. The patient positioning apparatus includes a positioning unit with a fixing side for fixing to the magnetic resonance device, a supporting frame extending horizontally starting from the fixing side and being arranged in a vertically adjustable fashion on the positioning unit, a patient plate mounted in a moveable fashion on the supporting frame, and a vertical adjusting mechanism operable to vertically adjust the supporting frame, the vertical adjusting mechanism has a first drive motor disposed on a side within the supporting frame that is remote from the fixing side.

Abstract: A medical imaging system is provided. The medical imaging system includes a patient positioning table and a patient examination area that is open on at least three sides and accessible from a front side. The patient positioning table is able to be moved into the patient examination area. At least one positioning motor is arranged on a rear side and is separated from the front side by a rear wall element. The at least one positioning motor is operable to adjust the position of a framework. The patient positioning table is disposed on the framework.

Abstract: A module of a support apparatus (5) of a medical examination and treatment device, in particular of a magnetic resonance device (3), comprises the following features: a base unit (52) and a support unit (54) to support an examination object (1), which can travel in the horizontal direction in respect of the base unit (52), and a bracket unit (70) acting between the base unit (52) and the support unit (54), it being possible to move said bracket unit (70) against the base unit (52) and the support unit (54) and with which the support unit (54) can travel beyond the base unit (52).

Abstract: An expanded diagnostic NMR installation with operating functionality contains an NMR imaging apparatus with a patient bed for transporting a patient into an imaging volume of the NMR imaging apparatus. An operating column for receiving the patient bed is arranged next to the NMR imaging apparatus at a fixed distance therefrom along the longitudinal direction of motion of the patient bed. The operating column contains a swinging mechanism for rotating or pivoting the patient bed around a vertical axis.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance system with a patient bearing table with an interchangeable-panel receiving mechanism, which table can be used as an operating table. The patient bearing table is mounted at an operating column, which is arranged in front of an insertion end of the magnetic resonance apparatus, such that this table can be swivelled about a vertical axis of rotation.

Abstract: Transport cart/patient table system for transferring an exchangeable slab of the patient table, which slab can be moved by means of a lifting arrangement, between the table and the transport cart, whereby the transport cart is moved under the patient table for the transfer of the exchangeable slab, has a first guide arranged on the transport cart and a second guide arranged on the patient table, which can be brought to engage one another as the cart is moved under the table. The guides engage in such a way to allow the transport cart to be pivotable and to be displaced longitudinally, while the engaged guides serve to guide the transport cart.

Abstract: Guiding for a therapeutic head for a medical shock wave generator includes a curved rail and a support for a plurality of rollers; the rail is provided with a plurality of grooves, and stainless steel wires are inserted in these grooves and project therefrom to serve as tracks in that the rollers run on the wires; in one version (FIG. 2, 3) the therapeutic head is mounted to the rail while the roller support is stationary; in an alternate version (FIG. 4 ) the relation is reversed.

Abstract: A spark gap unit that is easy to manufacture and significantly lighter than previously used spark gap units for generating underwater shock waves, particularly for non-invasive lithotrispy, has an internal conductor with an inner electrode, an insulation which at least partially envelops the internal conductor, and an external conductor with a bow and an outer electrode. The internal conductor is significantly shorter than the external conductor, and the external conductor at the rearward end of the spark gap unit projects beyond the internal conductor. The internal conductor, the insulation, and the external conductor are coaxially arranged. An outside diameter of the internal conductor is relatively small in comparison to an inside diameter of the external conductor. The spark gap unit has a hollow space inside the insulation, this hollow space being open in the direction of a rearward end of the spark gap unit.

Abstract: A medical work station has a central post; a vertically adjustable and pivotable mount on the post; a multi part rest having a head portion which is mounted to the mount for the rest to extend in various horizontal positions from the post; an X-ray station is pivotable mounted on a second post being offset from the central post, the X-ray station including equipment which, upon pivoting, covers a range that coincides with a limited position range of the rest as pivotably mounted on the central post; a stand for shock wave equipment is positioned so that the rest can be placed above it or has a particular position in relation thereto; and an ultrasonic equipment mounted on and including a multi-linked arm arrangement having a mounting part mounted on the rest mount.

Abstract: A lithotripter having a central housing for equipment pertaining to shockwave generation, further having a focusing equipment head movably connected thereto, is improved by an up and down sliding patient rest having a central horizontally positioned cantilever mounted segment with a closure as treatment window; a headrest is removably attached to one side of the central segment; and leg support structure such a rest segment with extension or a miction pan or leg support troughs is removably attached to the opposite side of the central segment.

Abstract: Flask which is fitted with a closure which can be sealed in such a manner as to ensure sterility of its contents and which is characterized in that it is provided at its head part with a thread, preferably a round thread which is connected with a conical ring, and in that the corresponding closure cap has an inner thread so formed as to correspond on the flask, and in which the open end of the closing cap is provided with a recess into which the tamper-proof ring is pressed in.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a container closed under sterile conditions and containing lyophilized material, which comprises1. filling the material to be lyophilized into a container,2. putting a rubber stopper and a closing cap loosely on the container,3. introducing the container with its contents into a lyophilization apparatus,4. lyophilizing the contents,5. within the lyophilization apparatus and in a single operation, pressing the rubber stopper deep into the container, at the same time pressing the closing cap onto the same, and6. removing the container closed under sterile conditions from the lyophilization apparatus.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a closable sterile container and the associated closure cap, which can simultaneously be used as a pipette and which is a tamper-proof closure in conjunction with the container.