02 / Company & ownership
Behind the brand.
BAND-AID is Kenvue's wound-care brand, originating with Earle Dickson's self-applied adhesive bandage in 1920. The name here refers to the registered brand rather than adhesive bandages generically; products are for the labelled wound-care uses, with sterile items treated as single-use and deeper, infected or otherwise serious wounds requiring appropriate medical care.
