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Commitments And Contingencies Line Items.

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Salary term description.

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Amount of discretionary contributions made by an employer to a defined contribution plan.

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Percentage of employer's matching contributions to a defined contribution plan that vests in a given year.

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Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended
	Oct. 02, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Rent expense			$ 409,460	$ 486,009
Percentage of maximum compensation			35.00%
Percentage of contribute a matching contribution			50.00%
Percentage of eligible employee's deferral election			6.00%
Matching contributions			$ 32,398	$ 39,994
Lease Agreement [Member]
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Leases expiration date description			March 2018 and December 2016
Lease expiration date			Dec. 31, 2016
Lease Agreement [Member] \| March 31, 2016 [Member]
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Payment of fees			$ 100,000
Royalty and License Agreements [Member]
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Payment of fees			$ 1,757
Percentage of royalties payment			0.005%
Royalty and License Agreements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Gross sales			$ 2,000,000
Royalty and License Agreements [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Mr. Messina [Member] \| Patents [Member]
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of royalties payment			0.0025%
Gross sales			$ 52,000,000
Royalty and License Agreements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Gross sales			$ 52,000,000
Severance Agreement [Member] \| Bill White [Member]
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Stock option vesting period		12 months
Agreement term		3 years
Executive Employment Agreement [Member] \| Dr. William Roof [Member]
Commitments And contingencies [Line Items]
Annual base salary	$ 250,000
Salary term description	Under the agreement, if Dr. Roof is terminated for any reason other than cause, it would pay Dr. Roof the greater as follows: (a) 12 months if the Separation Date occurs less than 24 months after commencement of Dr. Roof’s employment as Chief Executive Officer, and (b) 24 months if the Separation Date occurs 24 months or more after the commencement of Dr. Roof’s employment as Chief Executive Officer.