Patent ID: 8499387

Claim:
A treatment couch having a lying surface, a first headrest and a second headrest, the first headrest and the second headrest being arranged at two ends of the treatment couch lying opposite one another in a longitudinal direction of the treatment couch to enable a person when placing his head on the first headrest to lie from his head in the direction of his feet in a first lying direction on the lying surface and when placing his head on the second headrest to lie from his head in the direction of his feet in a second lying direction on the lying surface, a shape of the second headrest being ergonomically adapted to a shape of a person's head, wherein at least one first armrest is assigned to the first headrest and at least one second armrest is assigned to the second headrest and wherein the at least one first armrest is adjustable independently of the first headrest and the at least one second armrest is adjustable independently of the second headrest, the at least one second armrest being arranged to serve as a footrest and, when lowered, as a free space of the lying surface for feet when a person is lying on the treatment couch in the first lying direction, and the at least one first armrest being arranged to serve as a footrest and, when lowered, as a free space of the lying surface for feet when a person is lying on the treatment couch in the second lying direction.