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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
16. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
Consulting Services
 
Commencing in October 2017, the Company began reimbursing Mr. Elwood Norris, a former officer, current 5% stockholder and consultant of the Company, $1.5 per month on a month-to-month basis for laboratory facility costs and $7.5 per month on a month-to month basis for invention consulting services, for an aggregate of $17 for the years ended December 31, 2024. The Company terminated the contract in February 2024.
 
The Company is obligated to pay royalties and development and patent costs pursuant to an exclusive Amended and Restated Intellectual Property License Agreement dated September 30, 2016, with Syzygy Licensing, LLC (“Syzygy”), a company owned and controlled by a 5% stockholder of the Company, Mr. Elwood Norris, and a former officer of the Company, Mr. James Barnes. The agreement provides for royalty payments of 4% of revenue from products employing the licensed ensnarement device technology up to an aggregate of $1,000 in royalties or until September 30, 2026, whichever occurs earlier. During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company incurred royalties to Syzygy of $18 and $66, respectively.
  
Series A Preferred Stock
 
On June 29, 2023, the Company entered into the Series A Purchase Agreement with certain investors, including Scot Cohen, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and V4 Global LLC (“V4”). Mr. Cohen has voting and dispositive control with respect to the securities as is deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities held by V4. Pursuant to the Series A Purchase Agreement, the Company issued Mr. Cohen and V4 an aggregate of 3,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Series A Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,068,966 shares of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $3,000. For the year ended December 31, 2025, Mr. Cohen and  V4 earned dividends totaling $330 on the Series A Preferred Stock.
 
PIPE Financing
 
On February 24, 2025, the Company entered into the PIPE Purchase Agreement with certain accredited including: V4, an entity controlled by Mr. Cohen, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer; Continuum Ventures, LLC (“Continuum”), an entity controlled by Jared Novick, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer; and Savbo Investments LLC (“Savbo”), an entity controlled by Marc Savas, a member of the Company’s Board, pursuant to which, the Company issued and sold in a private placement an aggregate of 3,216,666 shares of Common Stock and PIPE Warrants with an exercise price of $1.80 per share, to purchase up to 3,216,666 shares of Common Stock (the “Private Placement”). Pursuant to the PIPE Private Placement, the Company sold to (i) V4 1,100,000 shares of Common Stock and PIPE Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,100,000 shares of Common Stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,980, (ii) Continuum an aggregate of 275,000 shares of Common stock and PIPE Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 275,000 shares of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $495 and (iii) Savbo an aggregate of 50,000 shares of Common stock and PIPE Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 50,000 shares of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $90.
 
On August 18, 2025, the Company entered into the Series B Purchase Agreement with the Series B Purchasers, including V4, pursuant to which, the Company issued and sold in a private placement an aggregate of (i) 4,500 shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock initially convertible into up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, at an initial conversion price of $1.50 per share, and (ii) accompanying Series B Warrants to purchase up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock, with an initial exercise price of $1.50 per share. Pursuant to the Series B Private Placement, the Company sold to V4 1,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 666,667 Series B Warrants for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,000.
 
See Note 8 for additional information on related party transactions and obligations.