Systems and methods for monitoring compression with compression bandages having stretchable electronics

A compression bandage system, comprising:

• a deformable substrate integrated with a textile configured to conform to a body portion;
• a sensor assembly coupled to the deformable substrate, the sensor assembly including
• one or more strain gauges configured to generate one or more sense signals associated with a strain of the textile, and
• a proximity sensor coupled to the deformable substrate, the proximity sensor configured to generate one or more sense signals associated with detection of an external object in contact with the textile;
• circuitry operably coupled to the sensor assembly and configured to receive the one or more sense signals associated with the strain of the textile and the one or more sense signals associated with detection of the external object in contact with the textile, the circuitry including a tension-monitoring module configured to compare the one or more sense signals associated with the strain of the textile generated by the sensor assembly at a first time at a first location to the one or more sense signals associated with the strain of the textile generated by the sensor assembly at a second time at the first location and to compare the one or more sense signals associated with the strain of the textile generated by the sensor assembly at the first time at a second location to the one or more sense signals associated with the strain of the textile generated by the sensor assembly at the second time at the second location, and to determine how any changes in strain at the first location compare to any changes in strain at the second location;
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• a reporter operably coupled to the circuitry and configured to generate one or more communication signals responsive to a first instruction by the circuitry, the one or more communication signals associated with the strain of the textile, the reporter further configured to generate an additional communication signal responsive to a second instruction by the circuitry, the additional communication signal associated with the one or more sense signals associated with detection of the external object in contact with the textile generated by the proximity sensor.