Patent ID: 8707962

Claim:
A device for protecting an area of skin of a human body, the device being reusable and comprising: an external layer and a plate, the plate comprising: a protective part comprising a first polymer gel, the protective part having a first face covered by the external layer and an opposing second face configured to be applied onto an area of skin to be protected and to ensure mechanical protection thereof; and at least one adhesive part comprising a second polymer gel and laterally adjoining the protective part, the at least one adhesive part having a first face and an opposing second face configured to come into contact with the skin, the second face of the protective part and the second face of the at least one adhesive part lying in a common plane, the second polymer gel having an adhesive power greater than an adhesive power of the first polymer gel to hold the plate on the area of skin to be protected, the first and second polymer gels being mixed in a lateral interface zone between the protective part and the at least one adhesive part.