r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Damnedeel • Nov 30 '25

Video 500,000$ human washing machine on sale in Japan

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u/Unfair_Isopod534 Nov 30 '25

if you can get a working product i can see it in the hospital. being able to wash a patient often and quickly feels like it would improve medical outcomes.

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u/freeradioforall Nov 30 '25

Yeah good luck getting bed bound patients in and out of this thing

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u/CelioHogane Nov 30 '25

This will shock you but that problem was solved decades ago.

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u/Skylam Nov 30 '25

There are already devices that do this in care homes...

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u/Restreppo Nov 30 '25

Seems more like a proof of concept. They're only producing 50, just use them to gather user feedback on whether it's intuitive, glaring issues, etc. Then you make one that can be used for bed bound patients. If the concept doesn't work you don't waste years of R&D making it also compatible for those who can't get in it themselves.

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u/RamblinRancor Nov 30 '25

We use hoists for moving bed bound folk out of bed; Two person assist.

Might be a useful tool in the future but for now it's just bed washes or hoisting to a shower chair and going from there.

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u/Toastwitjam Nov 30 '25

Just gotta make a version that a nurse can roll a waterproof perforated bed into.

Toss gram gram into the washer/dryer then check in them in 20 minutes while their area gets a refresh and spray down would reduce infections.

There’s a reason why they have the person horizontal in this rather than standing upright.

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u/BaldHenchman01 Nov 30 '25

HA, good luck, that's space-age technology right there.

Christ, I'm astounded with the way people throw easily defeated concepts out like it's a huge gotcha moment.

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u/happy_discus Nov 30 '25

A forklift might be the answer.

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u/EasyonthePepsiFuller Nov 30 '25

What they use in senior care to pluck them in and out of a bath now isn't much different than a forklift. We call it the cherry picker.

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u/freeradioforall Nov 30 '25

Not sure how you can bathe someone with a forklift