Basis of Presentation - Product Revenue from Sale of Instruments and Consumables (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total product sales	$ 600,190	$ 727,438
Instruments
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total product sales	79,181	203,533
Consumables
Segment Reporting Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total product sales	$ 521,009	$ 523,905

Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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