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SEGMENT INFORMATION
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
SEGMENT INFORMATION  
SEGMENT INFORMATION

10. SEGMENT INFORMATION

        The Company operates in one reportable segment—the research, development and sale of medical devices to diagnose disease. The Company's chief operating decision maker reviews financial information for the Company as a whole for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. Substantially all long-lived assets of the Company are in the United States. Sales for each significant geographical area are as follows:

 
  Three months Ended
September 30,
  Nine months Ended
September 30,
 
 
  2012   2011   2012   2011  
 
  Product Sales   %   Product Sales   %   Product Sales   %   Product Sales   %  
 
  (in thousands)
   
  (in thousands)
   
  (in thousands)
   
  (in thousands)
   
 

North America

  $ 64     16 % $ 42     6 % $ 297     23 % $ 282     13 %

Europe

    20     5 %   515     66 %   344     26 %   1,197     54 %

Asia

    287     69 %   220     28 %   465     36 %   426     19 %

Latin America

    41     10 %           196     15 %   219     10 %

Australia

    1         1         1         90     4 %
                                   

Total

  $ 413     100 % $ 778     100 % $ 1,303     100 % $ 2,214     100 %