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Sidney Collin is the inventor of the NexStride, and is the co-founder and CEO of De Oro Devices.\xa0 De Oro Devices is a VC-backed biomedical device start-up whose mission is to develop products to improve mobility, independence, and quality of life for those who suffer from mobility disorders\xa0 and the aging population. NexStride is a small, portable device that uses research-backed sensory cues to help people with Parkinson\u2019s overcome freezing of gait and be able to walk smoothly.

Sidney started the company while studying Biomedical Engineering at Cal Poly. She has an
academic research background in computational neuroscience, with a recent research paper
published in the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. In addition, she has experience working in R&D at a past medical device startup during their product launch. Sidney was awarded Cal Poly\u2019s\xa0 2019 Outstanding Woman in Engineering award, Outstanding Student Award, and Lisa Hufford\xa0 Scholarship Award. She was also recognized as one of the most influential women at Cal Poly by\xa0 the Wire in their 30 under 30 list, and as an accomplished young business leader in the Pacific Coast Business Times 40 under 40 list.

De Oro Devices\u2019 mission is to improve mobility, independence, and quality of life. The\xa0 first product, NexStride, uses visual and auditory cues to help people with Parkinson\u2019s overcome freezing of gait to regain mobility and independence.

Freezing of gait is one of the most common and most debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's, defined as a sudden onset of immobility.\xa0 Research shows that external sensory cues can be used to reconnect the brain and body, bypassing the damaged neural circuits, to overcome freezing of gait. They\xa0 took the most effective visual and audio cues and combined them into one small, versatile device that attaches to any cane or walker. The visual cue is a green laser line and the auditory cue is a metronome, customizable to the person's walking speed. These cues have been scientifically shown to be effective in reducing the duration of freezing episodes, frequency of episodes, and frequency of falls.\xa0
The NexStride is a simple and effective way to regain independence and mobility.\xa0

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