Overall, bandage technology has come a long way since the days of rough linen wound dressings. And if engineers like Jiang have any say, it still has a long way to go. Learn Something New Every Day ...

The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions.

A new type of bandage, one designed at the University of California at Berkeley to detect wounds rather than protect them, could help doctors treat and cure bed sores before they break the skin ...