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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

5.	PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):

	2011			2010
Land	$	1,080		$	1,080
Building and improvements		9,050			8,869
Computer equipment		1,282			1,190
Purchased software		197			193
Furniture and fixtures		810			811
Office equipment		182			207
Manufacturing equipment		78			76
Total		12,679			12,426
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(6,447	)		(6,066	)
Property and equipment, net	$	6,232		$	6,360

Depreciation expense amounted to $0.5 million, $0.5 million, and $0.8 million in each of the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively. In 2011 and 2010, we identified $78,000 and $275,000, of fully depreciated assets no longer in use, and retired the assets and related accumulated depreciation.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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