Patent ID: 7818839

Claim:
A patient bed for an operating table, comprising a plurality of bed portions that are substantially aligned along a single common plane when arranged in a substantially horizontal configuration, of which a middle portion is designed for connection to a supporting column of the operating table and which are coupled releasably to one another via interfaces, at least one bed portion being adjustable in relation to an adjacent bed portion in the region of an interface, wherein the middle portion of the bed is connectable at at least one of its ends, via a first interface, to one end of an intermediate portion which is connectable at its other end, via a second interface, to a further bed portion, wherein the first interface has two first coupling elements which engage positively one in the other for a rigid connection and which have transmission elements coming into contact with one another during interengagement and intended for transmission of signals and/or energy, and wherein the second interface comprises two second coupling elements which are intended for positive engagement with one another and one of the second coupling elements which is arranged on the intermediate portion can be adjusted, by means of an actuating drive arranged on the intermediate portion, about an axis parallel to the bed plane and perpendicular to the bed longitudinal direction.