Abstract: An operating table with a table top comprising a head section, a back section, a kidney elevator section, a seat section and a leg section, mounted on a base for being raised and lowered relative to the base, slid endwise relative to the base for X-Ray or C-arm examination of a patient on the table, and tilted endwise and laterally relative to the base, the table having controls at its head end, the back section being adjustable to act either as a back or leg support and the leg section being adjustable to act either as a leg or back support for placing a patient in a sitting position with the patient's head either at the head end or foot end of the table.

Abstract: An operating table with geometrically compensated differentially movable load-sharing multiple hydraulic actuating cylinders is provided, which enables the employment of identical diametered tandem fluid connected cylinders through differential geometrical cylinder mounting and mechanical movement interconnection proportional to the cylinders' fluid-connected compression-to-tension end effective area ratio.

Abstract: An operating table having a longitudinally adjustably slidable patient supporting table top, the various top sections of which have radio-translucent patient-support panels which, together with the slide arrangement, enable positioning of any top sections for alignment and use with an X-ray photographic or image intensifier apparatus. The table top slide arrangement incorporates four spaced linear ball bushings in which a slide shaft is slidable to enable the desired ease of top positioning to a desired longitudinal position while tilted, flat, and evenly or unevenly loaded or unloaded.