MARK J. PELLEGRINO, MD
Physical Therapy at Frank Ave, Canton, OH

D359428, Jun 20, 1995

Jun 15, 1994

D/024498

Mark J. Pellegrino - Canton OH

D 8 14

5358140, Oct 25, 1994

Jan 31, 1994

8/188728

Mark J. Pellegrino - Canton OH

G07F 1166, B65H 358

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An adhesive bandage dispensing system includes an elongated strand of individually sterile-wrapped adhesive bandages and a reusable dispenser for storing and dispensing the bandages. Each bandage is contained in a separate sterile compartment of an otherwise continuous wrapping material. Perforations formed in the wrapping material around each compartment allow the compartments to be individually opened. The strand is loaded into the dispenser, which is secured to a stable surface, so that the leading edge of the strand is frictionally held in biased guide flanges and protrudes from a dispensing opening defined by the flanges. The leading edge of the strand is pulled from the dispensing opening until an entire bandage is exposed, then the strand is pulled sharply to completely break the perforation, and the bandage can then be removed from the excess wrapping and prepared to be applied to a wound using both hands, if necessary. When the supply of bandages in the dispenser is exhausted, a refill bandage strand can be purchased in an inexpensive, waste-reducing package, and be used to replenish the supply of bandages in the reusable dispenser.