US 7,516,501 B2
Medical device
Bernd Maciejewski, Dormitz (Germany)
Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (Germany)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/986,860.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2006 057 985 (DE), filed on Dec. 08, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0134433 A1, Jun. 12, 2008
Int. Cl. A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 13/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 5—601  [5/424; 5/943; 378/209] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device, comprising:
a patient tunnel lined by a lining;
a patient couch that is moved into and out of the tunnel and accommodated in a recess in the lining enclosing sides of the patient couch; and
an element that is deflected by the patient couch during a movement of the patient couch and moved against a resetting force provided at both sides in an area of an end of the recess near to the patient couch.