Patent ID: 6092248
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A61B,A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A patient support apparatus for a medical device comprising a stationary lower part;an upper part, displaceable relative to said lower part, having a top surface adapted to receive a patient and a bottom surface which is curved in a sectional plane;said stationary lower part having a guide surface matched to the curved bottom surface of said upper part allowing displacement of said upper part only in a direction perpendicular to said sectional place; anda plurality of air outlet nozzles disposed in said guide surface of said lower part and connected to an air source for producing an air gap and an air cushion between said guide surface and said bottom surface of said upper part, said upper part being supported above said lower part exclusively by said air cushion with said upper part being completely out of contact with said lower part.