Patent ID: 7971295
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: A61G,B66F

Abstract:
1. A lifting unit for a diagnosis device, a treatment device or a diagnosis and treatment device, the lifting unit comprising: a base plate, a motorized drive, a lifting drive operable to be driven by the motorized drive and provide a lifting movement in a direction opposite the base plate, the lifting drive being mounted on the base plate, and a triggering device configured as an electric contact that is disposed between the lifting drive and the base plate such that the triggering device is operable to detect when the lifting drive raises up from the base plate, the triggering device being configured to be activated when an electric contact interruption is detected as a result of the lifting drive raising up from the base plate, wherein the movement of the lifting drive is triggered to stop in response to the activation of the triggering device, and wherein the electric contact is created by reciprocal contact between a first contact device located on the base plate and a second contact device located on the lifting device.