Stock Incentive Plan and Warrants - Summary of Warrant Activity (Details) - Warrant [Member] - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Warrants Outstanding and exercisable, beginning balance	186,873,032	189,991,541
Warrants, Granted
Warrants, Exercised	(12,653,077)	(234,308)
Warrants, Forfeited	(37,395,817)	(2,884,201)
Warrants Outstanding and exercisable, ending balance	136,824,138	186,873,032
Weighted Average Exercise Price Outstanding and exercisable, beginning balance	$ 0.43	$ 0.44
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Granted
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Exercised	0.05	0.05
Weighted Average Exercise Price, Forfeited	1.00	1.04
Weighted Average Exercise Price Outstanding and exercisable, ending balance	$ 0.27	$ 0.43

Weighted average price at which option holders acquired shares when converting their stock options into shares.

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Weighted average price at which grantees could have acquired the underlying shares with respect to stock options that were terminated.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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Weighted Average Exercise Price Outstanding and exercisable.

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Number of non-option equity instruments exercised by participants.

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Number of shares under non-option equity instrument agreements that were either cancelled or expired.

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Net number of non-option equity instruments granted to participants.

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Number of equity instruments other than options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested instruments.

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