New developments in optical sensing technology: An interview with Adrien Desjardins

Abstract

Adrien has a PhD from Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (both MA, USA) in biomedical engineering and biophysics, with a specific focus on cardiovascular devices, fiber optic sensing and optical coherence tomography. After his PhD, he led technical developments in an internal venture at Philips Research (Eindhoven, Netherlands) to develop devices with integrated optical sensors and brought this technology from benchtop prototypes to in vivo human studies. In addition to his responsibilities at Echopoint Medical (London, UK) where he is Chief Technology Officer, Adrien is also is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University College London (London, UK), where he leads the interventional devices group with a vision to develop novel methods for performing physiological measurements and imaging with minimally invasive devices. He has over 52 patent applications and granted patents.