Patent ID: 6447492
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A support for holding a drainage bag above a surface where the drainage bag has a bottom and a top, said top defining a tube entrance for receiving a dialysis tube at an opening in the top of the bag for use with peritoneal dialysis where a dialysis insertion site into the patient is present, comprising: a slanting plate having a plate bottom and a plate top and a length between the plate top and the plate bottom, said plate having a front and rear and where. the plate top is higher relative to the surface than the plate bottom so that the slanting plate slants downward from the plate top to the plate bottom; and a bag holding means for holding the bag top near the plate top so that the bag top is higher than the bag bottom and wherein the slanting plate is light permeable at the tube entrance and further comprising a light source located below the slanting plate.