（一）Band-Aids 邦迪牌创可贴

When Josephine Knight Dicksonfrom New Jersey kept cutting herselfwhile cooking for her family in the 1920s, her husband, Earle Dickson,stepped in.Dickson,a cotton buyer for Johnson & Johnson, according to the company's website, decided to invent a temporary adhesive bandage for his wife. His creation became the Band-Aid we all know and use today.

20世纪20年代，新泽西州的约瑟芬·奈特·迪克森(Josephine Knight Dickson)在为家人做饭时不断割伤自己。她的丈夫厄尔·迪克森（开始帮助她）。据强生公司网站显示，迪克森是该公司的棉花采购员，他决定为妻子发明一种临时粘合剂绷带。他的创作成了我们今天都知道并使用的创可贴。

（二）Surgical Gloves 手术手套

William Stewart Halsted,M.D.(1852-1922) was a well-known US surgeon who is often called the “Father of Modern Surgery”. Known for his strict adherence to sterile(无菌的) working conditions,Halsted invented rubber gloves that allowed his colleagues to lessen the transfer of germs during their work.Yet the initial reason why he created them is more romantic than you would think. Knowing Caroline a nursesuffered from a skin disease during her work, Halsted invented the gloves especially for her and gave them to her as a gift after their marriage.

威廉·斯图尔特·霍尔斯特德(William Stewart Halsted, 1852-1922)是美国著名的外科医生，被称为“现代外科之父”。霍尔斯特德以严格遵守无菌的工作环境而闻名。他发明了橡胶手套，让他的同事在工作中减少细菌的传播。然而，他创造手术手套的最初原因，比你想象得更浪漫。霍尔斯特德知道护士卡罗琳在工作中患上了皮肤病，就专门为她发明了手套，并在结婚后作为礼物送给了她。

        （三）磁扣衬衫

Maura Horton's husbandDon,was a football coach who had Parkinson'sdisease.One day, after Don struggled to button his shirt before a gameHorton decided there needed to be a better clothing option for people suffering from a disability.SoHorton designed a shirt with magnetic buttons in2012. These buttons will finally allow everyone to dress and undress them-selves efficiently.

莫拉·霍顿的丈夫-唐是一名足球教练，患有帕金森症。一天，当唐在比赛前费劲地扣上衬衫扣子后，霍顿决定为残疾人士提供一种更好的服装选择。莫拉·霍顿在2012年设计了一款磁扣衬衫。这些按钮最终让每个人都能高效地穿脱衣服。

（四）Garbage Disposers 垃圾处理器

John W. Hammes, an architect from Wisconsin, created the InSinkEratorin 1935 Hammes got the idea after watching his wife spend time wrapping food in newspaper and throwing it out.The InSinkErator is a device, installed under a kitchen sink between the sink's drain and the trap. The disposal unit tears food waste into pieces small enough- generally less than 2 mm indiameter-to pass through the plumbing.

1935年，来自威斯康辛州的建筑师约翰·w·哈梅斯在看到妻子花时间用报纸包装食物并将其扔掉后，产生了这个想法。InSinkErator是一种装置，安装在厨房水槽的排水管和疏水阀之间。处理装置将食物垃圾撕成足够小的碎片—通常小于2毫米的直径—以便通过管道。