Patent ID: 8533877

Claim:
A trolley for transporting a patient, the trolley comprising: a couch for the patient; an extendable and retractable component; a coupling device disposed on an end of the extendable and retractable component for coupling the trolley to a medical apparatus; a frame on which the couch and the extendable and retractable component are located, the frame comprising a top and a bottom, a distance between the bottom of the frame and a surface supporting the trolley being less than a distance between the top of the frame and the surface supporting the trolley, the extendable and retractable component being located underneath the couch; a locking device operable to prevent the extendable and retractable component from being extended and retracted; and a mechanism operable to automatically release the locking device when the trolley is coupled to the medical apparatus via the coupling device disposed on the end of the extendable and retractable component, wherein the couch and the extendable and retractable component are arranged, such that retracting the extendable and retractable component when the trolley is coupled to the medical apparatus causes the couch to move into, above, or below the medical apparatus, and wherein the extendable and retractable component is disposed on the frame at a position closer to the bottom of the frame than the top of the frame.