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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities (Details Narrative) - $ / shares			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 07, 2015	Dec. 07, 2014	Jul. 21, 2015
Binomial model based on expected volatility	114.80%		100.00%
Series A [Member]
Common stock warrants purchase		1,052,624
Warrants exercisable date		May 06, 2016
Warrants exercise price per share		$ 3.80
Series B [Member]
Common stock warrants purchase		842,099
Warrants exercisable date		Dec. 06, 2020
Warrants exercise price per share		$ 4.75
July 2015 Financing [Member]
Common stock warrants purchase			370,263
Warrants exercisable date			Jan. 22, 2016
Warrants exercise price per share			$ 8.17