Patent ID: 8869327

Claim:
A patient support apparatus, comprising: a patient table; a support plate for supporting a patient; a guide unit for guiding the support plate along at least one movement direction of the support plate; an auxiliary unit; a fastening unit for fastening the auxiliary unit to the support plate; a setting unit for flexibly setting a position of the auxiliary unit in relation to the support plate; and a substructure cover that covers a region for receiving the fastening unit and covers a face of the patient table facing the support plate, wherein the region has a height of 40 mm to 80 mm and is disposed between the substructure cover and a lower face of the support plate, where the fastening unit comprises a holder for disposing the auxiliary unit and a holding element connected to the support plate, wherein the setting unit comprises a first articulation unit and a second articulation unit, wherein the first articulation unit and the second articulation unit are connected to one another by two bars, and wherein the first articulation unit rotates the two bars in relation to the holding element and the second articulation unit rotates the two bars in relation to the holder for flexibly setting the position of the auxiliary unit in relation to the support plate along a longitudinal extension of the support plate and along a second spatial direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the support plate.