Patent ID: 8093445
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. A wound dressing defining bodyside and backside surfaces, comprising: a vapor-permeable backing layer having first and second surfaces, the backing layer defining a center portion and a border portion surrounding the center portion; a skin-adherent first facing layer formed from a silicone gel elastomer and having first and second surfaces, the second surface connected to the border portion along the first surface of the backing layer, the first facing layer consisting a shape defined only by the border portion of the backing layer; an absorbent core having first and second surfaces, the second surface of the absorbent core connected to the first surface of the backing layer; and a covering layer comprised of a polymeric film having first and second surfaces, and defining a plurality of apertures formed in a substantially uniform pattern, the second surface laminated adjacent to the first surface of the absorbent core, the covering layer having a center portion corresponding to the entirety of the absorbent core wherein the covering layer center portion forms a center portion of the bodyside surface; a carrier layer interposed between the backing layer and the first facing layer, said carrier layer surrounding the center portion of the backing layer; wherein the first surfaces of the first facing layer and the covering layer define the entirety of the bodyside surface of the wound dressing, the first facing layer and the covering layer are juxtaposed to one another with the first facing layer encircling the center portion of the covering layer.