...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6864271 | Synergistic combinations including N-acylated 4-hydroxyphenylamine derivatives The present invention relates to pharmaceutical combinations of opioid and non-opioid analgesics in an intimate admixture with an analgesic from a series of N-acylated 4-hydroxyphenylamine derivatives, linked via an alkylene bridge to the nitrogen atom of a 1,2-benz... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6806291 | Analgesic compounds, their synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions containing them New analgesic compounds, which are prepared by the hydrolysis of N-acylated 4-hydroxyphenylamine derivatives, their synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are disclosed. These compounds surprisingly possess high analgesic activity with little hepa... | 10/19/2004 |