Surgical drape support

A combination of a surgical drape and drape support, said combination adapted to fit a patient placed upon an operating table and useable for surgery of upper facial area, oxygen supply to and carbon dioxide sampling of a surgery patient, said combination comprising:

• an elongate support member having a first end and a second end adapted to extend only across a patient's mouth;
• means for affixing said first and second ends of said elongate support member on each side of a patient's face wherein a space is created between the patient's mouth and a central portion of said elongate support member so that said elongate support member does not cover the patient's eyes and nose;
• a drape placed upon said elongate support member such that a gap is created between a patient's face and the drape wherein the drape covers a patient's nose and the patient's mouth while allowing surgery to be performed on a patient's upper facial area;
• an oxygen supply hose extending through and along said elongate support member, said oxygen supply hose comprising a plurality of branches, wherein a first branch contains at least one opening therein and wherein a second branch contains at least one opening therein to allow oxygen to escape therefrom, each branch of said plurality of branches of said oxygen supply hose extending over a central portion of said elongate support member to said first end of said elongate support member, said oxygen supply hose having a first end extending past the first end of said elongate support member, and further comprising an oxygen source connection at said first end of said oxygen supply hose to operatively engage said oxygen supply hose to an oxygen source;
• a carbon dioxide sampling hose extending through and along said elongate support member and having at least one aperture therein for receiving the breath of a patient, said carbon dioxide sampling hose extending from said central portion of said elongate support member to the first end of said elongate support member and having a first end extending past the first end of said elongate support member, said carbon dioxide sampling hose comprising a carbon dioxide sampler connection at the first end thereof to operatively engage said carbon dioxide sampling hose to a carbon dioxide sampling machine;
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• said at least one opening in said first branch and said at least one opening in said second branch of said oxygen supply hose and said at least one aperture in said carbon dioxide sampling hose being located on a first side of said elongate support member to allow said elongate support member to extend only across the patient's mouth wherein said at least one aperture and said at least one opening in said first branch and said at least one opening in said second branch located on said first side and are adapted to face towards the patient's mouth.