Patent ID: 8166585

Claim:
A medical workstation for patients, the medical workstation comprising: a bed for positioning a patient in a lying position, said bed being mounted for movement such that said bed moves between a stationary state and a transporting state; a plurality of mobile work units connected to said bed; one or more system connection cables; stationary work units, at least one of said stationary work units comprising a stationary media port; and a control unit arranged at said bed for movement therewith, said control unit comprising a distribution unit, said plurality of mobile work units being connected via said connection cables to said distribution unit with said bed in said transporting state and said stationary state, said control unit being connected via a first supply cable to said stationary media port and via a second supply cable to a mobile media port of at least one of said mobile work units with said bed in said stationary state for supplying one or more of said mobile work units, said distribution unit connecting said stationary work units with said mobile work units such that data is bidirectionally exchanged between at least one of said stationary work units and at least one of said mobile work units, said control unit being disconnected from said stationary media port with said bed in said transporting state, said stationary media port not being connected to said bed in said transporting state, wherein said stationary media port is in a fixed position such that said stationary media port does not move with respect to said bed and said plurality of mobile work units, said plurality of mobile work units being movable with said bed in said transporting state, at least one of said mobile work units being independently movable with respect to said bed with at least said bed in said transporting state, one of said mobile work units being attached to a first mobile cart, another one of said mobile work units being attached to a second mobile cart, said one of said mobile work units being connected to said another one of said mobile work units.