...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 |
| 6950151 | Device for changing channels in a digital television reception system A device for changing channels in a digital TV reception system including an image display unit is presented. A communication link is connected to a memory unit that has two-way coupling with the channel selector of the image display unit. The memory unit is arrange... | 09/27/2005 |