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Business Combinations (Tables) (Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member]) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2013
Gen-Probe Incorporated [Member] |
Purchase Price Consideration | The purchase price consideration was as follows:
Cash paid |  | $ | 3,967,866 |
Deferred payment |  |  | 1,655 |
Fair value of stock options exchanged |  |  | 2,655 |
Total purchase price |  | $ | 3,972,176 |
Components of Purchase Price Allocation | The components of the preliminary purchase price allocation are as follows:
Cash |  | $ | 205,463 |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 81,444 |
Inventory |  |  | 153,416 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 274,095 |
Other assets |  |  | 191,868 |
Assets held-for-sale, net |  |  | 87,465 |
Accounts payable |  |  | (19,671 | )
Accrued expenses |  |  | (131,102 | )
Other liabilities |  |  | (19,255 | )
Identifiable intangible assets: |  |  |  |
Developed technology |  |  | 1,565,000 |
In-process research and development |  |  | 227,000 |
Customer contract |  |  | 585,000 |
Trade names |  |  | 95,000 |
Deferred income taxes, net |  |  | (973,947 | )
Goodwill |  |  | 1,650,400 |
Purchase Price |  | $ | 3,972,176 |
Schedule of Unaudited Pro Forma Information, Assumptions | The following unaudited pro forma information presents the combined financial results for the Company and Gen-Probe as if the acquisition of Gen-Probe had been completed as of the beginning of the fiscal year prior to the period of acquisition, September 26, 2010:
|  | Three Months Ended March 24, 2012 |  |  | Six Months Ended March 24, 2012 |
Revenue |  | $ | 624,491 |  |  | $ | 1,255,336 |
Net loss |  | $ | (77,174 | ) |  | $ | (87,210 | )
Basic and diluted net loss per common share |  | $ | (0.29 | ) |  | $ | (0.33 | )

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