Patent ID: 8247635

Claim:
A wound dressing having opposed outermost backside and bodyside surfaces, the bodyside surface being generally planar and defines the outermost surface on a proximal side of the dressing intended to be directly placed adjacent a wound surface, the dressing comprising: an absorbent core defining opposed proximal and distal surfaces, the distal surface including a central portion and a border portion; a liquid impervious, vapor permeable backing layer defining opposed proximal and distal surfaces, a central portion of the proximal surface of the backing layer extending over the distal surface of the absorbent core, and the backing layer defining a border portion extending beyond and surrounding peripheral edges of the absorbent core, the distal surface of the backing layer defining the backside surface of the wound dressing; a first skin adherent and hydrophobic facing layer directly secured to the proximal surface of the border portion of the backing layer and surrounding the peripheral edges of the absorbent core, a proximal surface of the first facing layer defining a portion of the bodyside surface of the wound dressing; and a second skin adherent and hydrophobic facing layer secured to the proximal surface of the absorbent core, a proximal surface of the second facing layer defining a portion of the bodyside surface of the wound dressing, a periphery of the second facing layer being contiguous with a periphery of the first facing layer, the second facing layer defining a pattern of through extending apertures arranged across the second facing layer; wherein the tackiness of the first facing layer is within the range of 0.5 N to 5.0 N, and the second facing layer is within the range of 0.05 N-1.0 N.