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Note 7 - Patents | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements |
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] | NOTE 7 — PATENTS
|  | September 30, 2019 |
|  | Cost |  |  | Impairment |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net |
Patents-foundation intellectual property |  | $ | 1,377,863 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (982,349 | ) |  | $ | 395,514 |
Total |  | $ | 1,377,863 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (982,349 | ) |  | $ | 395,514 |
|  | December 31, 2018 |
|  | Cost |  |  | Impairment |  |  | Accumulated Amortization |  |  | Net |
Patents-foundation intellectual property |  | $ | 1,377,863 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (942,590 | ) |  | $ | 435,273 |
Epidural-Apad acquired patents |  |  | 2,639,647 |  |  |  | (1,539,794 | ) |  |  | (1,099,853 | ) |  |  | - |
Total |  | $ | 4,017,510 |  |  | $ | (1,539,794 | ) |  | $ | (2,042,443 | ) |  | $ | 435,273 |
Patents are amortized utilizing the straight-line method over estimated useful lives ranging from 3 to 20 years. Amortization expense was approximately $13,000 and $40,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Amortization expense was approximately $332,000 and $801,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively. During 2018, the Company determined that the APAD Patents purchased in 2017 will not be further developed or commercialized before their estimated useful life expires. As such, management determined that these assets were impaired and a charge of approximately $1.5 million was recorded.

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