Patent ID: 7402721

Claim:
A wound dressing having proximal and distal sides, the proximal side defining an outermost surface to form the bodyside surface of the dressing, comprising: an absorbent core defining peripheral edges and having opposed proximal and distal surfaces including central and border portions; a discrete skin adherent facing layer comprising a cross-linked silicone gel, the facing layer having a proximal surface, and a distal surface directly secured to the proximal surface of the absorbent core and delimited by the peripheral edges thereof, said facing layer defining a region having a plurality of through extending apertures arranged in a pattern; and a discrete pressure sensitive adhesive layer applied directly to the facing layer on at least a segment of the proximal surface thereof only surrounding the region of the apertures; wherein the facing layer and the adhesive layer are contiguous and combine to define the entirety of the bodyside surface of the dressing; wherein the adhesive layer has greater skin adherence properties than the elastomeric gel of the facing layer; wherein the adhesive layer is located along at least one segment of a border portion of the facing layer corresponding to the border portion of the absorbent core.