Arrangement comprising a patient support apparatus with a support plate and an overlay for the support plate

An arrangement, comprising:

• a patient support apparatus including a support plate and an overlay for the support plate, the support plate or the overlay including an electrically conductive first layer, wherein the electrically conductive first layer is connected or configured to be connected to a contact-making apparatus via a first electric transmission path,
• wherein the contact-making apparatus is connected or configured to be connected to at least one of ground and a mass, via a second electric transmission path,
• wherein, in an operating mode of the arrangement, in which a patient is supported on the patient support apparatus, the electrically conductive first layer is connected or configured to be connected to the patient, via a third electric transmission path,
• wherein the support plate or the overlay includes an electrically non-conductive second layer,
• wherein the electrically non-conductive second layer forms a capacitive coupling section of the third transmission path,
• wherein the support plate includes an electrically conductive third layer,
• wherein the contact-making apparatus includes the electrically conductive third layer,
• wherein the support plate includes an electrically non-conductive fourth layer, and
• wherein the electrically non-conductive fourth layer forms a capacitive coupling section of the first transmission path.