Who invented the sticking plaster called band-aid?

Who invented the sticking plaster called band-aid?

Earle Dickson worked for an American company that manufactured gauze and adhesive tape. After he married, he found that his wife Josephine was very accident-prone. During the first week of her marriage she cut herself twice with kitchen knife! When this became a regular thing, Dickson decided to do something to help his wife. He cut some adhesive tape into strips, and stuck a little gauze in the centre, so that whenever Josephine cut herself, a readymade bandage was ready for her to put on her finger. Soon the company authorities heard about this innovative bandage. They decided to make them, and in 1924, installed machines to mass produce Dickson’s little bandages. Today the band-aid is a trademark of the Johnson and Johnson Company. Dickson himself went on to become a Vice-President of the company.