| abstract |
A wound dressing for application to a protruding part of a joint of the body which dressing comprises an elongated first part (7) for placing on one side of the protruding part of the joint, and a second part (8) for placing on another side of the joint, and two ear parts (9) extending from the second part, wherein at least the central parts of the first, the second part and the ear parts of the dressing are covered with an absorbent element (11), wherein at least a part of said absorbent element extends to the edge of at least one of the parts of the drissing, and wherein the side edges (12) of the absorbent element of the first part are essentially in an angle of 45-120 degrees to the neighbouring edges of the absorbent element of the ear parts (15). |