1. Significant Accounting Policies Noncontrolling Interests (Details)	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Feb. 14, 2013 DiaMed Spain [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 14, 2013 DiaMed Spain [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 DiaMed Spain [Member] USD ($)
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred			$ 900,000	€ 600,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Redemptions or Purchase of Interests	(1,007,000)	(3,588,000)			(600,000)
Noncontrolling Interest, Increase from Subsidiary Equity Issuance					$ (300,000)

Decrease in noncontrolling interest (for example, but not limited to, redeeming or purchasing the interests of noncontrolling shareholders, issuance of shares (interests) by the non-wholly owned subsidiary to the parent entity for other than cash, and a buyback of shares (interest) by the non-wholly owned subsidiary from the noncontrolling interests).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 23

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7656940&loc=SL4569655-111683

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 24

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7656940&loc=SL4616395-111683

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