PATIENT TABLE WITH AN IMPACT RESISTANCE MECHANISM

This invention generally relates to a method of reducing effects impacts on a patient table, more particularly to a method of reducing the effects of impact on a patient table by transferring the energy of impact The method of reducing effects of low energy impacts on a patient table comprises transferring the energy of the impact from a region of impact to a rigid region. The method of transferring energy comprises providing at least one filling structure between a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is a flexible surface and the second surface is a rigid surface. In an embodiment the wherein the first surface is a flexible surface and the second surface is a rigid surface of the patient table and the filling structure is configured to transfer the energy of impact from the flexible surface to the rigid surface.