摘要 |
<p>Carriers for medical facilities, in particular patient tables, sometimes require a large range of displacement. This situation occurs, for example, in interventional MRI where a patient is to be transferred from an operating table (14) to an MRI table (10) which is situated at some distance therefrom. Components of the table (14) may not form obstacles on the floor of the room and the stiffness and stability of the table construction must be maintained. According to the invention two adjacent box-shaped spaces (30, 38) are provided in the floor of the treatment room, said spaces being separated by a partition (42). One space (30) accommodates only rails (26a,b) which carry the pedestal (20) of the table (14) but no other components of the displacement mechanism for the table. The other space (38) contains the further components of the displacement mechanism. A guide member (44) protrudes through the partition, via sealing means (56), so as to guide the movement of the table.</p> |