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Registered Direct Offering (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended						1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 22, 2012	Oct. 25, 2012	Aug. 01, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Aug. 02, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Oct. 22, 2012 Warrant [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrant [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrant [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrant [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 IPO [Member]	Aug. 02, 2012 Private placement [Member]
Registered Direct Offering [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase shares, Total	618,887											1,827,449
Aggregate common stock sold				14,619,598		12,182,999						2,436,599
Percentage fees of total gross proceeds to registered direct offering					8.00%
Share issued upon conversion of warrant							0.75	0.75
Purchase price per unit of common stock	0.39385										0.391
Exercise price per share							0.3001				0.46
Class of warrants or rights period class of warrant or right exercisable									6 years	6 months
Registered Direct Offering (Textual) [Abstract]
Placement agent agreement fee equal to gross proceeds in offering in percent					6.50%
Reimbursement of placement agent expenses					$ 15,000
Aggregate gross proceeds		325,000			953,000
Proceeds from private placement of common stock and warrants net of offering expenses		$ 280,000	$ 741,000
Registered direct offering closing					Aug. 08, 2012

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