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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 1) - $ / shares			12 Months Ended
	Mar. 26, 2015	Oct. 22, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014
Stock price			$ 2.00
Warrant [Member]
Risk-free interest rate	1.47%	3.13%	3.21%
Expected life of options (years)	24 years 9 months	29 years 6 months 29 days	29 years 5 months 23 days
Annualized volatility	102.14%	100.71%	100.07%
Stock price	$ 0.84	$ 1.04	$ 0.736
Dividend rate	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
10/14 Purchase Agreement [Member] | Investor [Member] | Warrant [Member]
Risk-free interest rate	1.47%	1.46%
Expected life of options (years)	4 years 9 months 21 days	5 years
Annualized volatility	102.14%	100.21%
Stock price	$ 0.84	$ 0.79
Dividend rate	0.00%	0.00%

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