Molten Launches 'Mint Clean' Positioning Cushion with Waterproof Inner Bag for Wiping and Disinfection in Medical and Welfare Settings

Positioning Cushion 'Mint Clean'

Molten Corporation (Headquarters: Nishi-ku, Hiroshima City; President and Representative Director: Kiyoshi Tamiaki; hereinafter 'Molten') has newly developed the positioning cushion 'Mint Clean' for the purpose of appropriate body positioning and has begun providing it to medical and welfare settings.

In medical and welfare settings, positioning to maintain an appropriate posture for users is important. However, with conventional cushions, full washing was required when contaminated by bodily fluids or blood, which involved significant time and effort for cleaning and drying. Additionally, repeated washing led to the deterioration of the cushion material, posing a challenge.

'Mint Clean' adopts a waterproof inner bag for three types of the 'Mint' positioning cushion, which are particularly in high demand in the field. While maintaining high body positioning performance, it enables response to contamination through wiping and disinfection with alcohol, etc. By reducing the labor of washing and drying and suppressing deterioration, the aim is to solve challenges in medical and welfare settings by allowing hygienic, long-term use.

Based on the 'From the Inside Out' philosophy, Molten aims to provide truly needed products and services to society by academically and meticulously exploring the conditions of each individual user and the challenges of medical and welfare settings.

■ Product Features

1. Positioning in Various Shapes

Mint Clean comes in three types that are highly demanded in the field. These are positioning cushions that are easy to handle in various shapes.

2. Softness and Moderate Resilience

The cushion material uses polyurethane foam. It combines softness that fits the body with moderate resilience that supports the body, making it suitable for firmly maintaining the user's posture.

3. Wipeable and Disinfectable Interior for Hygiene

Since the inner bag can be managed by wiping and disinfection, deterioration from full washing is suppressed, allowing for hygienic, long-term use.

■ Product Overview

[Product Name]

Positioning Cushion Mint Clean

[Target]

Users who require positioning

[Lineup, Sizes, Weight]

MINTCC (C Type): Width 80cm x Length 50cm x Thickness 18cm: 0.8kg

MINTCE (E Type): Width 80cm x Length 80cm x Thickness 20cm: 1.4kg

MINTCF (F Type): Width 66cm x Length 66cm x Thickness 8cm: 0.8kg

[Material]

・ Cushion material: Polyurethane

・ Inner mesh: Polyester

・ Inner bag: Polyurethane

・ Outer cover: Polyester

■ About Molten's Medical and Welfare Equipment Business

With the brand statement 'From the Inside Out', and 'for a rich life that expands from the inside out and a society where people can live healthily and securely', Molten develops and supplies products needed in medical and welfare settings, such as specialized mattresses used on the front lines of medicine, handrails to support daily activities, lifting lifts for eliminating steps, and wheelchairs for moving outward. Through joint research and personnel exchange with universities, as well as highly specialized sales activities based on an academic approach, the company continues to propose not only products (things) but also the various values (things) they create.
Molten Medical and Welfare Equipment Business Official Website: https://www.molten.co.jp/health/

■ Molten Corporation Company Profile

Starting with the manufacture and sale of competition balls and automotive parts, the company has expanded its business by leveraging two core technologies: 'hollow body technology' for adjusting internal air pressure and 'polymer chemistry' for handling polymer materials such as rubber and resin.

Currently, in addition to the sports equipment business including competition balls and the automotive parts business, the medical and welfare equipment business contributes to society through both product development and academic research. In the marine and industrial supplies business, the company continues to pursue possibilities in various fields, manufacturing and selling floating piers, rubber bearings for bridges, and other elements that constitute social infrastructure.

Location: 4-10-97-21 Kannon Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture

Established: November 1, 1958

Representative: Kiyoshi Tamiaki, President and Representative Director, CEO

Capital: 316,140,000 yen

Employees: 674 (non-consolidated), 3,100 (group total including overseas) (as of September 2025)

Origin of Company Name: 'molten' is the past participle of 'melt', meaning 'to dissolve, to cast', and also 'to shed old skin and become new'.

URL: https://www.molten.co.jp/