Patent ID: 7744278

Claim:
An x-ray device comprising: an x-ray emitter, an image receiver arranged in a radiation direction at a distance from the x-ray emitter, a patient support disposed between the x-ray emitter and the image receiver, where the image receiver is adjustable with respect to the patient support in at least one spatial direction without adjusting the x-ray emitter, and a scattered ray protection device that is fixed to the image receiver using a plug-in connector, the scattered ray protection device being a self-supporting screen that is fixed to the image receiver such that when the image receiver is adjusted with respect to the patient support, the scatter ray protection device is adjusted with respect to the patient support, wherein the scattered ray protection device comprises a substantially flat body panel with a plane that is aligned approximately parallel to a front edge of the patient support and approximately vertical to a patient support surface of the patient support, an upper edge of the body panel facing away from the patient support comprises a viewing panel angled away from the upper edge in a direction towards the patient support, wherein a moveable sliding panel is disposed on at least one edge of the body panel, the sliding panel enlarging a surface region of the body panel in a normal position and being moveable from the normal position into a release position, the release position being retracted at least partially into the surface region of the body panel, the sliding panel being movable from the normal position against a restoring force, wherein the sliding panel is suspended in a pivotable manner such that a force of gravity that impacts the sliding panel is a restoring force, and wherein the sliding panel is pretensioned by a spring element that generates the restoring force in the normal position.