PATIENT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL IMAGE APPARATUS INCLUDING PATIENT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT

摘要

The present invention relates to patient support equipment especially for a medical image apparatus (10), which supports and/or transfers a patient (15). The patient support equipment includes: a patient support bed (19) on which a patient is able to be positioned for a medical image inspection; a carrier unit (20) which is arranged so that the patient support bed (19) is movable; and one or more drive units (22) in order to generate kinetic energy for the movement of the patient support bed (19) about the carrier unit (20), wherein the one or more drive units (22) include a pneumatic drive unit (22).;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2014