S4 Ep 092 Dhruvin Patel Wants You to Have Healthy Eyes

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Motivated to make a difference, he created Ocushield, a company dedicated to protecting our eyes from the harmful effects of blue light emitted by digital screens. With innovative products designed to reduce eye strain and enhance visual comfort, Dhruvin is on a mission to make screen time safer and more enjoyable for everyone.

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Joining us today is Dhruvin Patel, an inspiring optometrist and the visionary founder of Ocushield! Dhruvin is passionate about eye health and has seen firsthand how prolonged screen time affects our vision in today’s tech-driven world.

Get ready to hear some practical tips and eye-opening insights on how we can better care for our eyes in the digital age.

S1 092 Dhruvin Patel Wants You to Have Healthy Eyes

In this episode, you will hear:

Misconceptions about blue light and eye health.
Multiple sources of blue light.
Ways to reduce eye strain and improve eye health while working on screens.
Different shields for devices and glasses.
Dhruvin’s experience appearing (and winning!) on Dragon’s Den.
Creating behavior change around eye health care and making it more accessible.
Why reading glasses are so common after a certain age.

Hey, I’m Dhruvin Patel, the founder of Ocushield. As an optometrist, I saw firsthand the impact that prolonged screen time was having on people’s eye health.

This inspired me to create Ocushield, a company dedicated to protecting eyes from harmful blue light emitted by digital screens.

Our innovative screen protectors help reduce eye strain and improve overall visual comfort, making screen time safer and more enjoyable.

My mission is to promote eye health in our digital world and provide practical solutions to enhance visual well-being.

Connect with Dhruvin Patel:

Website: https://www.ocushield.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getocushield

X: https://x.com/getocushield

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ocushield

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getocushield/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getocushield/

Listeners can visit Ocushield’s website to explore our range of blue light filtering products. Use the promo code HT20 for a 20% discount on your first purchase.

Connect with R Blank and Stephanie Warner:

For more Healthier Tech Podcast episodes, and to download our Healthier Tech Quick Start Guide, visit https://HealthierTech.co and follow https://instagram.com/healthiertech

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Youtube: https://youtube.com/shieldyourbody
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bagbybrand/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bagby.co
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shieldyourbody

R Blank

R Blank is the founder of Healthier Tech and the host of “The Healthier Tech Podcast”, available iTunes, Spotify and all major podcasting platforms.

R has a long background in technology. Previously, R ran a software engineering firm in Los Angeles, producing enterprise-level solutions for blue chip clients including Medtronic, Apple, NBC, Toyota, Disney, Microsoft, the NFL, Ford, IKEA and Mattel.

In the past, he served on the faculty at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering where he taught software engineering, as well as the University of California, Santa Cruz.

He has spoken at technology conferences around the world, including in the US, Canada, New Zealand and the Netherlands, and he is the co-author of “AdvancED Flex Development” from Apress.

He has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and received his bachelor’s degree, with honors, from Columbia University. He has also studied at Cambridge University in the UK; the University of Salamanca in Spain; and the Institute of Foreign Languages in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Connect with R on LinkedIn.