...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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| 7645334 | Barium sulfate The invention relates to a method for producing barium sulphate having an organically modified surface, barium sulphate produced according to said method and to the use thereof. ... | 01/12/2010 |
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| 7490659 | Integral-type heat exchanger The present invention relates to an integral-type heat exchanger with integrally formed heat exchange portions, in which the heat transfer between heat exchange portions is effectively intercepted, a core portion without a tank is respectively formed to improve the ... | 02/17/2009 |
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| 6257129 | Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd Apparatus for cutting and stirring curd, comprising a curd vat with a shaft drivable for rotation, which shaft carries a number of cutting frames extending radially from the shaft and arranged on the shaft in staggered relation, each cutting frame having ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6088695 | System and method for communicating medical records using bar coding A system and method for coding data into physical form and for delivering the coded data to a recipient for entering the data into a form controlled by the recipient. One embodiment of the coded data is medical data generated by a plurality of different c... | 07/11/2000 |