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Commitments and Other (Details Textual) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Aug. 31, 2013 Agreement | Jan. 31, 2010 Instruments | Dec. 31, 2014 sqft | Dec. 31, 2013 | Feb. 28, 2015
Long Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Monthly cost |  |  | $ 9,085 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseMinimumRentals |  |
Area of office space |  |  | 5,893 mlss_AreaOfOfficeSpace |  |
Lease expiration date |  |  | Jun. 30, 2019 |  |
Rent expense |  |  | 42,785 us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense | 41,653 us-gaap_LeaseAndRentalExpense |
Restricted Common Stock |  |  | 43,424 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesAcquisitions |  |
Cash payable |  |  | 145,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredLiabilitiesIncurred |  |
Additional payment received by using technology |  |  | 2.50%mlss_AdditionalPaymentToDirectorAsPercentageOfSalesValueUsingCertainSpecifyTechnology |  |
Additional payment received by using other technology |  |  | 5.00%mlss_AdditionalPaymentToDirectorAsPercentageOfSalesValueUsingOtherKindOfTechnology |  |
Consulting fees |  |  | 43,290 us-gaap_ProfessionalFees | 99,450 us-gaap_ProfessionalFees |
Issue of purchase order to Tricor Instruments |  | 12,000 us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentMinimumQuantityRequired |  |  |
Purchase order |  | 5,261,640 us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentAmount |  |  |
Number of Agreement Between Shareholder and Company | 3 mlss_NumberOfAgreementBetweenShareholderAndCompany |  |  |  |
Servicing Fees | 100,000 us-gaap_ServicingFees |  |  |  |
Joint venture owned by the entity |  |  | 49.98%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage |  |
Line of credit agreement |  |  | 2,000,000 us-gaap_LineOfCredit |  |
Line of credit agreement, interest rate |  |  | 3.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd |  |
Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |
Long Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit agreement |  |  |  |  | 200,000 us-gaap_LineOfCredit / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
STA Instruments |  |  |  |  |
Long Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Delivery period |  | 3 years |  |  |
Director |  |  |  |  |
Long Term Purchase Commitment [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Options to purchase common stock issued |  |  | 8,333 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsGrantsInPeriodGross / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_DirectorMember |  |
Director's royalty fees |  |  | $ 404,828 us-gaap_RoyaltyExpense / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_DirectorMember | $ 357,972 us-gaap_RoyaltyExpense / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_DirectorMember |

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