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Rory Blake

Entrepreneur: Pharmacist: Inventor of disease prevention and drug delivery systems

Headline: Entrepreneur
Website: http://healthwiz.ning.com
Industries: Health, Retail
Skills: Intellectual Property, Patents, Product design
Next step: Raise money and recruit team ...to launch new product
Location: Raleigh/Durham, NC
Groups: 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, Big Bang! Business Plan Competition, SFGate Competition, The Inuda Network, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, University of Maryland $75K Business Plan Competition, William James Foundation Socially Responsible Business Plan Competition, [INACTIVE] UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2008-2009, [OLD] Social e-challenge Competition 2008 [INACTIVE]
Interested in: Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding team mates, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup
Tags: dental care, Health care, healthy lifestyle, heart health, oral care product, prevention, prevention of heart disease
Schools: University of North Carolina System - Chapel Hill

FEATURED STARTUP

HealthWiz

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Studies show a link between poor dental hygiene and heart disease. HealthWiz is a patent pending inter dental cleaning device that removes plaque and food particles from between teeth and gums, without the pain or bleeding associated with flossing.

  • Startup type: Company
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Prototyping

FULL BIO

Healthwiz Nextrin is a inter-dental cleaning product designed to replace standard dental floss and suitable for use by children ...because it is easier to use and won't cause pain or bleeding.

This is an important, socially responsible, and useful product. Many studies show the link between poor dental hygiene and heart disease. However, most people hate to floss, ...using the current flossing products. This product can solve this.

Our product has the following advantages over standard dental floss:

1.) Healthwiz Is less expensive, both to manufacture and to use:

2.) Does not cause pain and bleeding, the primary reasons people don't use regular floss.

3.) Faster to use, Simply pulling between each tooth pairs is sufficient, rather than an awkward sawing back and forth motion.

4.) Safely cleans the entire tooth surface, even below the gum line and behind the sulcus.

5.) Removes plaque from both the teeth and the gums ...and in as little as one pass.

6.) Acts as a gum stimulator, while massaging the gums and increasing circulation.

7.) A Gentle debridement of dead surface tissue, promoting gum tissue health.

8.) Much better at removing debris than floss, grabs and holds even large quantities of gunk.

9.) Bacteriostatic, Does not wick bacteria into the interior of the film.

10) Provides much easier removal of large pieces of food, even when firmly caught between teeth

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Beckford Medical Clinic in Henderson
Position: Clinical Pharmacist

Employer: Mast Long Term Care/Mast Family Pharmacy
Position: Staff Pharmacist
Time period: January 2009 - December 2011

Employer: Career Staff Unlimited
Position: Traveling/consultant pharmacist
Time period: January 2006 - December 2009

Employer: Rite-Aid/Eckerd/Kerr Drug merged companies
Position: Pharmacist manager
Time period: January 1995 - December 2006

Employer: Blake Drug
Position: Owner/manager
Time period: January 1980 - December 1994

EDUCATION

University: University of North Carolina System - Chapel Hill
Degree: Biology / Pharmacy, BSc

PUBLICATIONS

Patents: Various: health care, human biology, and the prevention of disease

Rory's Startups (1)

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  • HealthWiz

    Studies show a link between poor dental hygiene and heart disease. HealthWiz is a patent pending inter dental cleaning device that removes plaque and food particles from between teeth and gums, without the pain or bleeding associated with flossing.

Rory is Following (4)

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  • The Bernal Hill Group

    The Bernal Hill Group provides advisory services to start-ups in the following sectors: consumer internet, medical devices, operations, and financial services.

  • AutoPill

    Currently writing the business plan for an independent study b-school project and recruiting investors/management/board to support and manage the company and patent the product.

  • Novasyte Inc.

    Novasyte is a medical device sales solution that deploys teams of RN's, MD's, Pharmacist's and Radiologist's both virtually and face to face, to assist in the implementation of new medical products

  • GenWeSolve

    Generation We Solve--Young People Creating Solutions for the World's Most Pressing Needs. (Social Entrepreneurship). www.generationwesolve.com