Patent ID: 8245336

Claim:
An operating table having a column ( 12 ) on which a tabletop ( 10 ) is supported so that it is pivotable about an axis (Y) extending transversely to the tabletop ( 10 ) and about an axis (X) extending longitudinally to the table top, characterized in that the table top ( 10 ) is connected to the column ( 12 ) via a joint ( 14 ) comprising two joint parts ( 14 A, 14 B), with the joint ( 14 ) being rotatable about a vertical axis of rotation (Z) and one joint part ( 14 B) is rotatably fastened to the table top ( 10 ) and is rotatable about an axis of rotation which is oriented perpendicular to the tabletop ( 10 ) and one joint part ( 14 A) is rotatably fastened to the column ( 12 ).