Pressure relieving dressing

A pressure relieving dressing for a wound comprising an absorbent element constituting a part of a proximal skin-contacting surface, a substantially non-absorbing pressure distributing element constituting a further part of the proximal skin-contacting surface of the dressing and being made of a material that distributes both static pressure and sudden impacts so as to remove pressure from the wound, and an additional absorbent element on top of said skin-contacting absorbent element which has an absorbency greater than that of said skin-contacting absorbent element.

A pressure relieving dressing for a wound comprising a substantially non-absorbing pressure distributing element constituting a part of the dressing to be in contact with the skin and being made of a material that distributes both static pressure and sudden impacts so as to remove pressure from the wound, and a plurality of absorbent elements interspersed with portions of said pressure distributing element and constituting a further part of the dressing to be in contact with the skin.

A pressure relieving dressing for a wound comprising a substantially non-absorbing pressure distributing element constituting a part of a proximal skin-contacting surface of the dressing and being made of a material that distributes both static pressure and sudden impacts so as to remove pressure from the wound, an absorbent element adjacent one longitudinal end of said pressure distributing element and constituting a further part of the proximal skin-contacting surface, a top layer covering a surface opposite the skin-contacting surface, and a longitudinally central portion of said pressure distributing element having one or more indentations therein that are offset from said absorbent element and that do not extend through said top layer.

A pressure relieving dressing for a wound comprising an absorbent element and a substantially non-absorbing pressure distributing element made of a material that distributes both static pressure and sudden impacts so as to remove pressure from the wound, said absorbent element constituting a part of a proximal skin contacting surface and being encircled by and inset within the pressure distributing element which constitutes a remaining part of the surface of the dressing to be in contact with the skin, said absorbent element being situated eccentrically with respect to the pressure distributing element and extending from said skin-contacting surface substantially completely through a thickness of the pressure distributing element.