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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The amount of customer funding recorded as an offset to costs incurred for a fixed-price, best-efforts research and development cost-sharing arrangement with the Federal Government.

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Revenue Recognition (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Revenue Recognition (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Olympus and Olympus-Cytori [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Olympus and Olympus-Cytori [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Olympus and Olympus-Cytori [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Olympus and Olympus-Cytori [Member]	Dec. 31, 2006 Olympus and Olympus-Cytori [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Senko [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Senko [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Senko [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Senko [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Revenue Recognized [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Revenue Recognized [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Credit Concentration Risk [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Concentration of Significant Customers [Line Items]
Number of customers															1	1			3	1
Concentration risk percentage (in hundredths)															16.00%	31.00%	67.00%	68.00%	44.00%	28.00%
Number of distributors																1				1
Research and Development Arrangements [Line Items]
Deferred revenues, related party	$ 1,107,000		$ 1,107,000		$ 3,520,000					$ 28,311,000
Deferred revenue, related party, revenue recognized						0	0	2,413,000	1,231,000
Cumulative deferred revenue recognized to date						27,204,000		27,204,000
Research grant and other	2,000	5,000	21,000	19,000							0	0	0	0
Research and Development Arrangement, total contract value	106,000,000
Research and Development Arrangement with Federal Government, Customer Funding to Offset Costs Incurred	$ 4,700,000
Research and Development Arrangement, initial base period	2 years