Abstract: A transport carriage for a patient bed has a first arm for placement of the patient bed thereon and a second arm for coupling the patient bed thereto. A medical treatment of examination system employing such a transport carriage has a number of medical devices for treatment of examination of a subject, each of these medical devices having a patient support mechanism associated therewith, with a differently configured patient bed. The patient beds are removable from the respective support mechanisms, and the transport carriage is configured to receive and transport any of these differently configured patient beds.

Abstract: A medical device installation has a number of medical and/or treatment devices of different of different types disposed at a common installation, and a medical facility has a number of medical treatment and/or examination devices respectively disposed at separate locations. In the installation or the facility, a number of patient support mechanisms are respectively individually, stationarily allocated to the medical devices. A patient bed is movable among and is respectively couplable to each of the patient support mechanisms. For this purpose, each of the patient support mechanisms has an identical coupling device for the bed.

Abstract: A transport carriage for a patient bed has a first arm for placement of the patient bed thereon and a second arm for coupling the patient bed thereto. A medical treatment of examination system employing such a transport carriage has a number of medical devices for treatment of examination of a subject, each of these medical devices having a patient support mechanism associated therewith, with a differently configured patient bed. The patient beds are removable from the respective support mechanisms, and the transport carriage is configured to receive and transport any of these differently configured patient beds.

Abstract: In a coupling arrangement for a drive arrangement and an adjustable positioning plate of a medical system, the positioning plate is adjustable at least in the direction of its longitudinal axis via the drive arrangement as well as by hand. A friction connection between the drive arrangement and the positioning plate can be produced and cancelled via the coupling arrangement such that the positioning plate can be adjusted at least in the direction of its longitudinal axis via the drive arrangement given a friction connection, and by hand given a neutralized friction connection. The coupling arrangement acts directly between the drive arrangement and the positioning plate.

Abstract: An installation for the medical examination and/or treatment of a patient has a number of different examination and/or treatment devices of different types. Each has patient support mechanism allocated thereto. At least one patient bed is able to be coupled to each of the patient support mechanisms.

Abstract: In addition to a supporting unit at which a support plate is movably arranged, a support device for a medical examination imaging apparatus, particularly for a magnetic resonance apparatus or for a computed tomography apparatus, has a support at the opposite side of the medical examination apparatus. The support plate with an examination subject can be movably placed on the support after the support plate proceeds through opening of the medical examination apparatus for the acceptance of the examination subject. The support device also enables very good reproducibility of the examination results even with an extremely long scan length. The support is height-adjustable and may be extended upward after the support plate has been guided through the opening to a point above the support.

Abstract: Counterbalance device (1), in particular for a medical X-ray device, with a drum (2) which is at least partly encapsulated in a housing (12) and is mounted so that it can rotate in the housing on a stationary shaft (11). The drum has an integrated first spring element (7) which applies a bias to the drum, and a first cable (5) which supports a weight (40). The cable is guided in a groove (3) on the drum and can be wound or unwound around the drum. An independent second spring element (8) is connected within the drum in parallel to the first spring element. A second cable is guided in an additional groove (4) on the drum and is connected to the weight. As a result, there is a separate safety device for each spring element and each cable, to prevent the uncontrolled descent of the weight in the event that the spring element and/or the coil breaks or fails.