Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 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
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Patents	Dec. 31, 2011 Patents	Sep. 30, 2012 Patents Minimum	Dec. 31, 2011 Patents Minimum	Sep. 30, 2012 Patents Maximum	Dec. 31, 2011 Patents Maximum	Sep. 30, 2012 Trademarks and trade names	Dec. 31, 2011 Trademarks and trade names	Sep. 30, 2012 Trademarks and trade names Minimum	Dec. 31, 2011 Trademarks and trade names Minimum	Sep. 30, 2012 Trademarks and trade names Maximum	Dec. 31, 2011 Trademarks and trade names Maximum	Sep. 30, 2012 Developed technology	Sep. 30, 2012 Customer relationships	Sep. 30, 2012 Other intangibles	Dec. 31, 2011 Other intangibles
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill	$ 8,529,863		$ 8,529,863		$ 3,119,246
Other intangible assets
Cost	13,981,583		13,981,583		1,879,830	1,411,200	1,283,761					4,192,941	516,069					7,407,568	844,760	125,114	80,000
Accumulated Amortization	(1,688,568)		(1,688,568)		(970,294)	(417,549)	(447,158)					(553,132)	(443,136)					(585,316)	(46,931)	(85,640)	(80,000)
Net	12,293,015		12,293,015		909,536	993,651	836,603					3,639,809	72,933					6,822,252	797,829	39,474
Estimated Useful Life (in years)								10 years	10 years	17 years	17 years			5 years	5 years	20 years	17 years	9 years	9 years	3 years 9 months
Total amortization expense	291,375	21,388	604,025	63,086
Estimated amortization expense on the intangible assets
2012	344,474		344,474
2013	1,155,679		1,155,679
2014	1,145,255		1,145,255
2015	1,140,602		1,140,602
2016	1,124,004		1,124,004
2017 and thereafter	$ 6,835,535		$ 6,835,535