Patent ID: 11890170
Assignee: MöLNLYCKE HEALTH CARE AB
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A medical dressing for application to a surface of a human body; the medical dressing having a central portion and a surrounding border portion, wherein the medical dressing comprises a plurality of layers including:
a backing layer,
an adhesive body contact layer, and
one or more pad-forming layers forming a pad arranged in the central portion between the backing layer and the body contact layer,
wherein the backing layer and the body contact layer extend beyond a periphery of the pad to define the border portion surrounding the pad;, wherein the plurality of layers includes at least a first and a second anisotropic layer having anisotropic stiffness,
wherein the first anisotropic layer is:
A) the body contact layer, or
B) a sub-layer coextensive with the body contact layer and forming part of the body contact layer,

wherein the medical dressing has a first direction (x) of extension and a second direction (y) of extension being perpendicular to the first direction (x) of extension, and, wherein a stiffness of each one of the first and the second anisotropic layers is higher in the second direction (y) of extension than in the first direction (x) of extension.