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...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 |
| 7422055 | Coiled tubing wireline cutter A wireline cutter comprises a primary housing with a first axial bore configured to receive a wireline positioned within a well bore, and a first blade mounted within the primary housing and operable to cut the wireline. A method of cutting a wireline in a well bore... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7264060 | Side entry sub hydraulic wireline cutter and method A side entry sub for use with a drill string, where the side entry sub receives a wireline within its inner diameter. The present invention includes a device capable of severing the wireline proximate to the side entry sub. The present invention can further include ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7128155 | Cutting tool and method of cutting an object in a well A cutting device cuts one or more downhole control lines such that the cut ends of the one or more control lines will not interfere with subsequent fishing operations. The cutting device comprises a mandrel, a cutting sleeve and a housing supported on a tubing. Move... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114563 | Tubing or drill pipe conveyed downhole tool system with releasable wireline cable head A downhole tool system comprising a side entry sub comprising a side entry adapted to receive a wireline, a cutting sub comprising a cutting apparatus, a cable head adapted to connect a downhole tool to the cutting sub, and a release releasably connecting the wireli... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6997262 | Emergency cutting apparatus and method A method and apparatus for cutting one or more longitudinal members, external to a downhole tubular conduit, by pulling upward on a cutter body attached to the tubular conduit, where the longitudinal members are run between cutter knives within the cutter body. The ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6439313 | Downhole machining of well completion equipment A method of machining a workpiece in a subterranean wellbore comprises the steps of: (a) providing a workpiece that comprises (1) a first section that comprises a first material, and (2) a second section that comprises a second material, the second sectio... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6296053 | Controlled breaking of cables in a well casing A pipe string in an oil well has a cable 2 slidingly attached along it. It may be necessary to break the pipe string. Apparatus is provided for controlling the position of a fracture in the cable, as it is desirable to break the cable at about the same po... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5720348 | Apparatus and method for cutting wire A device for cutting a wire line is disclosed. Generally, the device comprises a tubular member having an inner diameter therethrough for placement of the wire line. A power mandrel is associated with the tubular member. A housing is operatively associate... | 02/24/1998 |
| 4738312 | Cable cutting coupling for drilling, production, well logging or other operations in wells A cable cutting sub or coupling for drilling, production, well logging or troubleshooting operations in wells, comprising a drilling pipe in which a cable is engaged. This sub allowing the cable to be severed if required comprises a tubular body in which ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4706753 | Method and device for conveying chemicals through borehole A capsule for conveying chemicals through a borehole for stopping lost circulation has a fragile bottom plate. A weight for destroying the bottom plate is suspended above the capsule by a cord which extends over knife edges. A messenger for cutting the co... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4427059 | Wire line cutter apparatus A wire line cutter that is slidably engaged upon a wire line tool. The apparatus includes a blade that will, upon impact with the wire line tool, slide from a generally vertical orientation to a generally horizontal orientation.... | 01/24/1984 |
