Box of BAND-AID® brand adhesive bandages. BAND-AID® bandages are a product distributed by the American pharmaceutical and medical devices company, Johnson & Johnson. Invented in 1920 by Johnson & Johnson employee, Earle Dickson (1892-1961), the brand has become a generic term for adhesive bandages around the world. Dickson invented the bandage for his wife, Josephine, who frequently cut and burned herself while cooking. Dickson passed the idea on to his employer, who went on to produce and market the product as the Band-Aid.

Original Band-Aids were handmade, but by 1924, Johnson & Johnson introduced machine-made Band-Aids, and by 1939 the sale of sterilized Band-Aids began. In 1951, decorative Band-Aids were introduced and continue to be a commercial success. Johnson & Johnson has registered BAND-AID® as a trademark on the Principal Register of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Historically, BAND-AID® packaging and advertisements claimed their soft pink products to be "neat, flesh-colored, almost invisible," statements that lacked consideration for many consumers of color. In 2020, the brand announced its production of darker-toned bandages in response to criticism of their use of white skin as the default for "flesh-color."