Ihe ndina nwere okporo ụzọ akụkụ a na-agbanwe agbanwe pụtara na Britain oge ụfọdụ n'etiti 1815 na 1825.
N'afọ 1874, ụlọ ọrụ matraasi Andrew Wuest na Son, Cincinnati, Ohio, debanyere aha patent maka ụdị matraasi nwere isi nke nwere ike ibuli elu, onye bu ụzọ nke akwa ụlọ ọgwụ nke oge a.
Willis Dew Gatch, onye isi oche nke Ngalaba ịwa ahụ na Schoollọ Akwụkwọ Ọgwụ nke Mahadum Indiana chepụtara akwa ụlọ ọgwụ nwere akụkụ 3 nke ọgbara ọhụrụ, na mmalite narị afọ nke 20.A na-akpọ ụdị akwa a mgbe ụfọdụ dị ka Gatch Bed.
Emepụtara akwa ụlọ ọgwụ push-bọtịnụ ọgbara ọhụrụ na 1945, ma na mbụ gụnye ụlọ mposi arụnyere n'olileanya nke iwepụ akwa bedpan.