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Children's bandage

Adhesive bandages are commonplace in mostly every household and are used to cover cuts, abrasions and other wounds on the skin as the wounds heal. Adhesives bandages are widely used to cover and protect wounds on various parts of the human body. A variety of adhesive bandage structures and designs are commercially available to attend to different patient needs, based on the location and severity of the wound. Typically, an adhesive bandage comprises a flexible backing with an adhesive surface for attaching the bandage to the skin. Most of these bandages have a patch of gauze or absorbent material disposed at the center of the adhesive surface. Such adhesive bandages are well-known and staple items in a first-aid kit or medicine cabinet. Most strip and piece bandages have a gauze portion disposed at the center of an adhesive surface. Few roll bandages have a gauze portion, but there are some which do. Heretofore, however, all adhesive bandages have comprised an adhesive surface which completely covered the periphery of the bandage main body. When used on children, the application of an adhesive bandage, by itself, may not be enough to overcome the child's initial reaction upon receiving the wound. As many parents can attest, a child who accidentally falls and scrapes a knee or elbow may provide a reaction that results from physical pain and emotional factors, such as surprise, fear, abandonment, etc. In recent years, several bandage manufacturers have attempted to make bandages more attractive and entertaining, particularly to children, by the addition of colorful designs and imprinted animals and cartoon characters. These bandages have screened-on designs which are appealing to children, and include, for example, animal shapes, cartoon or other fictional characters, or bold colors. Such designs are marketed to help "overcome" the emotional reactions of children by directing their attention away from the wound and toward something visually appealing.

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