About Us

Biographs LLC is a privately owned company located in Stony Brook, New York. The company has received exclusive rights to manufacture and sell PainTrace™, a patented, totally non-invasive device that measures the skin's response to pain.

Mission Statement

Our current mission is to bring to the American equine industry specifically, and the veterinary community at large, a tool for first identifying and then quantifying levels of pain, thereby allowing the use of appropriate therapies to effectively reduce both the symptoms and causes of pain and suffering. We hope to help bridge the current communications gap between animals and their human providers in this regard and address the existing lack of fast, accurate methods for measurement of pain in animals. Subject to obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals from the FDA or other governing agencies, we also hope to expand our mission to include objectively measuring pain in humans as well.

Advisory Board

John Picchiottino, MSEE
A designer and manufacturer of biofeedback equipment since 1969, he also has successfully prosecuted and obtained eleven 510K clearances from the FDA.

Deborah Sutherland has over twenty years of experience working with horses in pain in a rehabilitative setting.

Dr. Jeffrey Y.H. Ngeow, M.D. is a specialist in pain management at Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. A graduate of Harvard Medical School and former faculty at Yale University, Dr. Ngeow is currently Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Ngeow has been annually named one of the best doctors in New York by New York Magazine since 1997.

• Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
• Diplomate, American Board of Pain Medicine
• Member American College of Acupuncture

John Burke, Manager-Member, is a businessman with a science background. He was one of the original developers of PainTraceÔ and has made significant improvements in it that have paved the way for full commercialization worldwide. He has 25 years of experience in both domestic and international business, including high technology development.

Leonard J. Shore, Manager-Member, is a New York attorney with over twenty years experience in the private sector. His practice concentrates in representation of corporations, as well as land use issues. Mr. Shore has acted as counsel (as well as an investor) to several high-tech startups, including general counsel to three companies which have been publicly traded (OTC).