Facial cradle

A cradle for upwardly contacting a prone patient's face and for supporting said patient's head, said patient's head having eyes, and said patient's forehead having a facial glabellar point, said cradle comprising:

• (a) an “E” cushion having a column portion having upper and lower sides, wherein the column portion's upper side has an upper elevation, the “E” cushion comprising a left arm, a right arm, and a medial arm, each arm among the left, right, and medial arms having a proximal end attached to the column portion and having a distal end, wherein the distal end of the medial arm has an upper side having an upper elevation substantially equal to that of the column portion's upper side, wherein the upper elevations adapt the medial arm for, upon a use of the cradle to upwardly support the prone patient's face, impinging the medial arm against said patient's facial glabellar point without blocking adjacent regions underlying the patient's eyes, wherein the medial arm has a “V” configuration having a vertex, a left wall associated with the left arm and a left cheek support, and a right wall associated with the right arm and a right cheek support, the vertex of the “V” being positioned at the distal end of the medial arm with each wall of the “V” extending opposite the other wall contiguously into a concave curve along a length of the arm with which it is associated and transitioning to a convex curve along a length of the cheek support with which it is associated;
• (b) a rigid base fixedly attached to the “E” cushion's lower side;
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• (c) support arm mounting means fixedly attached to the rigid base.