Patent ID: 8135451

Claim:
A patient support table for a magnetic resonance system, comprising: a table plate that moves into and out of a patient chamber of the magnetic resonance system; a drive device comprising a pneumatic cylinder that moves the table plate, wherein the pneumatic cylinder comprises a radial opening running along the pneumatic cylinder; a piston arranged on the pneumatic cylinder and coupled to the table plate that divides the pneumatic cylinder to two working areas; an arresting device that locks the table plate; a connecting element passing through the opening for connecting the piston with the table plate; and a sealing element that is slit and penetrated by the connecting element through the slit to seal the opening, wherein the piston comprises two piston sections connected via a connecting rod and the table plate is connected to the connecting rod, wherein the sealing element comprises two sealing lips abutting each other or overlapping and extending over a portion of a length of the pneumatic cylinder, and wherein the two sealing lips consist of sufficiently flexible and elastic material which is moved apart over the connection element and moves back together or overlaps again once the connection element has passed.