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Derivative Financial Instruments
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments

4. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Company evaluates stock options, stock warrants or other contracts to determine if those contracts or embedded components of those contracts qualify as derivative financial instruments to be separately accounted for under the relevant sections of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 815-40, Derivative Instruments and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815”). The result of this accounting treatment could be that the fair value of a financial instrument is classified as a derivative financial instrument and is marked-to-market at each balance sheet date and recorded as an asset or liability. In the event that the fair value is recorded as an asset or liability, the change in fair value is recorded in the statement of operations as other income or other expense. Upon conversion, exercise or expiration of a derivative financial instrument, the instrument is marked to fair value and then that fair value is reclassified to equity.

Certain of the Company’s outstanding warrants are treated as derivative liabilities for accounting purposes under ASC 815 due to the current insufficient authorized shares to settle these outstanding contracts. These common stock purchase warrants do not trade in an active securities market. The Company estimates the fair value of these warrant liabilities using a Monte Carlo simulation option pricing model (see Note 9).