Patent ID: 8080703

Claim:
A dressing comprising a backing layer and an adhesive layer, said adhesive layer being uninterrupted on a surface facing the skin and having on an opposite side facing away from the skin a pattern of connected indentations formed into the adhesive layer to provide a multiplicity of adjacent adhesive areas, said pattern of connected indentations comprising: a first indentation formed into the adhesive layer in a first direction, the first indentation parallel to a first line of multiple adhesive areas; a second indentation formed into the adhesive layer in a second direction that is different from the first direction, the second indentation parallel to a second line of multiple adhesive areas; and a third indentation formed into the adhesive layer in a third direction that is different from the first direction and the second direction, the third indentation parallel to a third line of multiple adhesive areas wherein the first, second, and third indentations increase flexibility of the dressing by allowing the dressing to bend in the first, second and third directions without bending two or more of the adhesive areas.