Did You Know...
...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 |
| 5651057 | Method of communicating data from remote devices to a central computer via a telecommunications link A method for communicating data from one or more remote computerized coin telephone auditing devices to a central computer via a telephone line, which comprises the steps of receiving input data signals at a remote computerized auditing device, decoding t... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5405361 | External defibrillator circuit A portable, automatic external defibrillator, comprising a plurality of capacitors; a capacitor charging circuit; connections from the capacitors to a patient body; and a plurality of semiconductor switches arranged to connect the capacitors to the chargi... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5402884 | Medical electrode packaging technology The invention provides a sealed package system for housing at least one medical electrode apparatus and for enabling the periodic testing thereof, comprising a thin, generally flat flexible envelope constructed and arranged to form an interior cavity for ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5393235 | Telecommunications test adapter A telecommunications adapter for use with a 110-type patch cord, comprising: a printed circuit board; at least two contact blades for making electrical contact with the 110-type patch cord, the blades having a predetermined configuration and being mounted... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5383896 | Vascular sealing device A device for sealing an opening or puncture in the wall of a blood vessel or other percutaneous openings. The device includes a shaft section of a small diameter, with an expandable balloon and atraumatic tip at its distal end. The proximal end of the dev... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5369942 | Conveyor flight longitudinal phase adjustment assembly A package transport mechanism having a plurality of phase adjustable lug-type flights. The mechanism is incorporated in a continuous motion packaging assembly for loading article groups into cartons or other carriers which comprises an article infeed mech... | 12/06/1994 |
