Yann Blake

Biomechanical engineering · Medical imaging

Bio-mechanical engineer trained at Trinity College Dublin: Master of Engineering in Bio-Mechanical Engineering and Master in Management Science. My current area of focus is medical imaging.

About

French-Irish, raised in France

I work where engineering meets clinical practice: biomaterials and cardiovascular devices, telemonitoring and digital health for healthcare professionals and, today, the technologies that let us see inside the body.

Affiliated with Trinity College Dublin, the Cardiovascular Research Institute Dublin (CVRI, Mater Private Network) and Beaumont Hospital, among others.

Current focus Medical imaging Technological convergence across 49 imaging modalities: see Better Watch the Invisible below.

Master of Engineering — Bio-Mechanical Engineering

Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin
Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering

Master in Management Science

Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin

Expertise

Areas of expertise

01

Bio-mechanical engineering

Biomaterials and the mechanics of the body: cardiovascular stent materials and viscoelastic models of cortical bone, the subjects of two reviews cited in peer-reviewed publications.

02

Medical imaging

Advanced imaging technologies and their clinical impact, from photon-counting CT and ultra-high-field MRI to AI-integrated reconstruction.

03

Medical device design

ThermoCath™: an arterial catheter combining continuous core-temperature and pressure measurement for intensive care.

04

Telemonitoring & digital health

Needs of healthcare professionals in neurology for patients telemonitoring (UMESPRO).

05

Systematic reviews & evidence synthesis

Protocols registered on PROSPERO: telemonitoring in neurology, ICU temperature monitoring and medical imaging.

06

User-centred design & qualitative research

Questionnaires, focus groups and thematic analysis to turn clinicians’ needs into system concepts.

Affiliations

Institutions and partners

Research

Research projects

Thesis (September 2024): systematic literature review and thematic analysis approach.

Research project · 2024

UMESPRO

User-centred mHealth design for health professionals in neurology

Needs of healthcare professionals in neurology for patients telemonitoring: a systematic literature review and user-centred system design, carried out at Trinity College Dublin under the supervision of Prof. Lucy Hederman, with David Murphy (Ph.D. candidate).

Three phases: a PROSPERO-registered systematic literature review, needfinding with healthcare professionals (questionnaire, focus groups, thematic analysis), then user-centred design. Ethical approval was granted by both institutions, Trinity College Dublin and Beaumont Hospital.

Medical device · Research project

ThermoCath™

Continuous core-temperature monitoring in intensive care

A new arterial catheter integrating both temperature and pressure measurement through a dual-lumen design. Because many ICU patients already have an arterial line, a combined device limits additional invasiveness.

Prototyped, tested and optimised, and backed by an updated systematic literature review of temperature monitoring in intensive care units (2000–2024), registered on PROSPERO with Ignacio Martin-Loeches.

Systematic review · 2025

Better Watch the Invisible

A systematic review of technological breakthroughs in the 2025 medical imaging landscape

Medical imaging technological convergence: a systematic review and critical epistemological analysis of advanced modalities, with Prof. Brooke Tornifoglio (Trinity College Dublin).

It follows how 49 imaging modalities, from photon-counting CT and ultra-high-field MRI to AI-integrated reconstruction, are moving imaging from passive observation to active, predictive reconstruction.