Band-Aid is a brand of adhesive bandages distributed by the consumer health company Kenvue , spun off from Johnson & Johnson in 2023. Invented in 1920, the brand has become a generic term for adhesive bandages in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and others.
5-727: The Band-Aid was invented in 1920 by a Johnson & Johnson employee, Earle Dickson , in Highland Park, New Jersey , for his wife Josephine, who frequently cut and burned herself while cooking. The prototype allowed her to dress her wounds without assistance. Dickson passed the idea on to his employer, which went on to produce and market the product as the Band-Aid. Dickson had a successful career at Johnson & Johnson, rising to vice president before his retirement in 1957. The original Band-Aids were handmade and not very popular. By 1924, Johnson & Johnson introduced machine-made Band-Aids and began
10-461: A wound with tape did not stay on her active fingers. In 1920, he placed squares of gauze in intervals on a roll of tape, held in place with crinoline . James Wood Johnson , his boss, liked the idea, and put it into production. In 1924, Johnson & Johnson installed machines to mass-produce the once handmade bandages. Following the commercial success of his design, Dickson was promoted to vice president. This article about an American inventor
15-692: The United States Patent and Trademark Office and has tried to prevent its genericization in its marketing. Earle Dickson Earle Dickson (October 10, 1892—September 21, 1961) was an American inventor best known for inventing adhesive bandages in the US. He lived in Highland Park, New Jersey , for a large portion of his life. Dickson was a cotton buyer at the Johnson & Johnson company. His wife, Josephine Knight, often cut herself while doing housework and cooking. Dickson found that gauze placed on
20-571: The Explorer , Elmo , and Batman . In 2022, Band-Aid was named the most trusted brand in the United States, beating the second place brand, Lysol , by more than two points. Band-Aid has, over time, become a well-known example of a genericized trademark in the United States, Canada and South America . Johnson & Johnson has registered Band-Aid as a trademark on the Principal Register of
25-461: The sale of sterilized Band-Aids in 1939. In World War II , millions were shipped overseas, helping popularize the product. Since then, Johnson & Johnson has estimated a sale of over 100 billion Band-Aids worldwide. In 1951, the first decorative Band-Aids were introduced. They continue to be a commercial success, with such themes as Mickey Mouse , Donald Duck , Superman , Spider-Man , Rocket Power , Rugrats , smiley faces , Barbie , Dora
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