Patent ID: 8853486

Claim:
A wound covering with a first strip element forming a first periphery and a second strip element that faces away from the first periphery, runs approximately parallel thereto, forming a second periphery, and is joined to the first strip element, characterized in that there is formed at least one drainage chamber between a first inner periphery of the first strip element, that faces away from the first periphery and a second inner periphery of the second strip element that faces away from the second periphery, the drainage chamber having a depth (T) in a direction extending at a right angle to the first or second periphery ensures a capillary action on bodily fluids received in the drainage chamber, in particular exudates, wherein at least one of the first and second strip elements comprises at least one opening facilitating passage of bodily fluids into the drainage chamber, wherein the opening is formed by a channel, which opens into the drainage chamber and extends from the at least one of the first and second strip elements in a direction of an inner periphery of another of the first and second strip elements the channel having a channel wall which is integral with the at least one of the first and second strip elements, particularly by means of perforation of the at least one of the first and second strip elements, and wherein the channel extends in depth direction over 50% or more of the depth (T) of the drainage chamber.