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Share-Based Payment Awards (Details Narrative) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2018 Director shares	May 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Number of stock options issued to purchase common stock					135,000
December 31, 2018 [Member]
Restricted shares to outside directors vesting percentage					100.00%
Restricted Stock [Member]
Number of stock options issued to purchase common stock					218,980
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Number of stock options issued to purchase common stock
Outside Directors [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Restricted shares to outside directors vesting percentage		25.00%
Common Stock [Member] \| Imprimis [Member] \| Outside Directors One [Member]
Shares issued as compensation	54,745
Common Stock [Member] \| Imprimis [Member] \| Outside Directors Two [Member]
Shares issued as compensation	54,745
Common Stock [Member] \| Imprimis [Member] \| Outside Directors Three [Member]
Shares issued as compensation	54,745
Common Stock [Member] \| Imprimis [Member] \| Outside Directors Four [Member]
Shares issued as compensation	54,745
Common Stock [Member] \| Imprimis [Member] \| Four Outside Directors [Member]
Shares issued as compensation	218,980
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, number of shares authorized			5,000,000		5,000,000
Share-based compensation arrangement, shares available for future issuance			976,020		976,020
Stock-based compensation expense \| $			$ 165	$ 604	$ 1,631
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $			147	593	1,581
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Research and Development Expense [Member]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $			18	$ 11	$ 50
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Stock Option [Member]
Stock options expiration period					10 years
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| RSAs [Member]
Weighted average grant date fair value of the RSAs issued \| $ / shares					$ 1.37
Fair value of RSAs vested \| $					$ 2,677
Unrecognized compensation costs \| $			174		174
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| RSAs [Member]
Fair value of RSAs vested \| $					69
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Non-Vested Stock Option Awards [Member]
Unrecognized compensation costs \| $			913		913
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Unrecognized compensation costs \| $			$ 0		$ 0
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Number of outside directors \| Director	4
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Director [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member] \| December 31, 2018 [Member]
Restricted shares to outside directors vesting percentage					100.00%
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Product Consultant [Member]
Number of stock options issued to purchase common stock					50,000
2017 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Product Consultant [Member]
Stock options expiration period					5 years