Patent ID: 8719978

Claim:
A patient support apparatus, comprising: a table for supporting a patient, displaceable along a longitudinal direction to position the patient for imaging in a medical imaging apparatus, a support unit comprising spaced apart guide rails for supporting the table along the guide rails, the guide rails extending along the longitudinal direction such that the table is displaceable in the longitudinal direction along a longitudinal extension of the support unit, a receiving region for receiving fluids on the support unit, comprising a lower wall which delimits the receiving region in the direction of force of weight of received fluid, the receiving region delimited along first and second ones of the guide rails, one or more protective wall elements connectable to the support unit and extending between the first and second ones of the guide rails to further delimit and close off the receiving region to receive the fluids in a fluid-tight manner on the support unit, the one or more wall elements extending above the lower wall to prevent overflowing or splashing of fluid in the receiving region, and a plurality of latching elements each disposed on the support unit in different positions along the longitudinal direction to effect connection between the one or more wall elements and the support unit so that the one or more protective wall elements can be selectively disposed in different positions on the support unit to vary the size of the receiving region or divide the receiving region into multiple receiving chambers.