Increase decrease in prepaid research and development due to related parties.

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Lease agreement maturity month and year.

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Prepaid Expenses Amortization Period

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Long-Term advances receivable from a party that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership. This does not include advances to clients.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 946
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.6-04.2)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 4
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The amount of property, by major property class, net of accumulated depreciation, subject to or available for lease as of the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 840
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
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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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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 30, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equipment lease payments net	$ 325,000		$ 264,000
Trauma Research LLC [Member] \| First Installment [Member] \| Scenario, Plan [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equipment lease payments net	325,000
Consideration for services related to research and development	$ 725,000
Contract term	60 months 15 days
Lease expiration date	2019-03
Stockholders [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Advance to stockholders	$ 91,000	$ 91,000