History: The Invention of the Bandaid In 1920 there was a man named Earle Dickson who had a young wife that was always getting hurt in the kitchen. Every night Earle had to cut up bandages for all the cuts and burns she would get from cooking dinner. So he came up with a way for his bride to cut her own bandages when she was hurt. A roll of cloth medical tape, a scissor and some cotton were the only tools he needed. Earle placed the cotton along the center of the tape and rolled it back up for his wife to cut for herself as needed. He worked at a company called Johnson & Johnson and they heard about his invention. The first adhesive bandages were handmade and sold this way. Unfortunately they did not sell very well. Not long after, in 1924, Johnson & Johnson produced and sold the first individually wrapped adhesive Band-AidsŪ.