Represents the number of counts of breach of contract claimed in a litigation matter.

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Represents the number of counts of breach of covenant of good faith and fair-dealing claimed in a litigation matter.

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The equivalent number of shares of common stock related to the exercise of stock options.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The value (monetary amount) of the award the plaintiff seeks in the legal matter.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES, LITIGATION (Details)			1 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES, LITIGATION (Details)	Mar. 03, 2017 shares	Dec. 06, 2013 item	Nov. 30, 2013 USD ($)
InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. v. Reynolds
Litigation
Value of damages sought worth of personal and/or exorbitant expenses \| $			$ 500,000
Reynolds counterclaim against InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp.
Litigation
Number of breach of contract claims		2
Number of breach of covenant of good faith and fair-dealing claims		2
Equivalent number of common shares related to attempted exercise of certain stock options \| shares	47,864