Patent ID: 8530022

Claim:
An article of a medical and technical nature intended to be affixed to skin, or a component for affixing a medical article or part thereof to skin, which article or component comprises: a layer of carrier material that has a layer of a soft skin-friendly adhesive on one side, wherein the adhesive has a softness of 8-22 mm; and a protection layer that protects the adhesive layer before use of the article or component and is affixed to the adhesive layer in such a way that it is releasable, wherein the protection layer comprises a base and a pattern of projections on the side facing towards the adhesive layer, said pattern of projections extending from the base toward the adhesive layer, wherein the projections in the pattern of projections on the protection layer have a height that is greater than a thickness of the adhesive layer such that the base of the protection layer is spaced from the adhesive layer, and wherein a reinforcing layer is arranged on the layer of carrier material, on the opposite side to the side that has the layer of soft skin-friendly adhesive, in such a way that it can be removed.