As a Peritoneal Dialysis patient, I am required to conduct what is called a static fill in the late afternoon, and an overnight machine-drive procedure all night. In preparation for the static fill, I have to manually heat the 2-liter distillate bag with a heating pad provided by Fresenius. While this works, it is somewhat clumsy. It has three heat settings, L, M, and H that never seem to be the same and don’t come close to the nominal body temperature of 98.6F or 37C. It also seems the longer the distillate bag is wrapped in the pad, the warmer it gets. Lastly, there is no timer involved; all the controls are static.
An ideal heater, once loaded and activated, would turn on at a set time, bring the contents up to 37C, and hold at that temperature until the bag is removed for use. A device meeting most of these requirements is available on Amazon but imported directly from China so it takes some time to receive it. See this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C288RYF5?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
The lead graphic is a picture of the actual device. I bought one and have been using it for several days without any problems. Be advised that the instruction brochure is in Chinese. I went back to the seller and asked if there was an English version and promptly received a PDF in English. I have included this brochure in PDF at blog’s end.
When you turn the heater on, it boots up with the current heater temperature, and within an hour has the contents heated up to 37C, the default setting. I still have to figure out how to set the timer functions up so I can’t yet comment much on them. The 2-liter bag fits exactly into the “luggage” and the dual zippers come around to the tubing to the drain bag. It appears to be much smaller, neater, and more efficient than the pad I was using.
Bottom line: It’s working for me thus far.
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