FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Additional Information) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended					9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 19, 2012 Warrants Issued In Conjunction With Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]	Jun. 19, 2011 Warrants Issued In Conjunction With Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Warrants Issued In Conjunction With Contingent Equity Agreement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Warrants Issued In Conjunction With Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Warrants Issued In Conjunction With Contingent Equity Agreement [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Compound embedded conversion option with 8.00% Notes [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Warrants Issued With 8.0% Notes [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Contingent put feature embedded in the 5.0% Notes [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Axonn [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Contingent Consideration [Member] Axonn [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Contingent Consideration [Member] Axonn [Member]
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Contingent consideration for earnouts																									$ 10.8	$ 10.2
Additional earnout payment period																									5 years
Company outstanding common stock, percent																										10.00%
Remaining earnout payment to be paid																										$ 4.6
Shares to be issued to exercise cash payment option for earnout payments																								13,000,000
Issuance of voting common stock shares for settlement of earnout payments																								12,697,593
Stock price volatility			108.00%					32.00%	35.00%	111.00%	103.00%			32.00%	35.00%	111.00%	103.00%			32.00%	35.00%	111.00%	103.00%
Risk-free interest rates				0.01%	0.83%			0.06%	0.01%	1.65%	1.89%			0.06%	0.01%	1.65%	1.89%			0.06%	0.01%	1.65%	1.89%
Conversion price of common stock			$ 1.2			$ 1.59	$ 1.61					$ 0.32	$ 0.49					$ 1.25	$ 1.25
Market price of common stock			$ 0.54			$ 0.46	$ 0.54					$ 0.46	$ 0.54					$ 0.46	$ 0.54
Closing stock price	$ 0.28	$ 1.20