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Product Sales and Significant Customers and Vendors (Details Textual) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012 Customer | Dec. 31, 2011 Customer
Entity-Wide Information, Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Accounts receivable current and noncurrent percentage | 38.00% | 65.00%
Aggregate accounted of revenue | 36.00% | 43.00%
Product Sales and Significant Customers and Vendors (Textual) [Abstract] |  |
Accounts receivable | $ 421,890 | $ 917,575
Number of customers | 2 | 2
Number of Customers involved in Accounts receivables | 3 | 3
Customer One [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Information, Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Accounts receivable current and noncurrent percentage | 8.00% | 28.00%
Aggregate accounted of revenue | 21.00% | 30.00%
Customer Two [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Information, Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Accounts receivable current and noncurrent percentage | 10.00% | 12.00%
Aggregate accounted of revenue | 15.00% | 13.00%
Customer Three [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Information, Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Accounts receivable current and noncurrent percentage | 20.00% | 25.00%
China [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Information, Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Purchase from suppliers | 1,966,077 | 2,006,885
Percentage of purchase | 82.00% | 40.00%
Instruments [Member] |  |
Entity-Wide Information, Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] |  |
Purchase from suppliers | $ 444,852 | $ 2,049,103
Percentage of purchase | 18.00% | 50.00%

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