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Note 15 - Commitments (Details Textual)		1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Note 15 - Commitments (Details Textual)	Jan. 01, 2005 shares	May 31, 2018 $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2018	Jan. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Advances on Inventory Purchases						$ 861,782		$ 861,782		$ 697,192
Additional Percentage of Director Compensation on Sales Value Using Certain Specify Technology	2.50%
Additional Percentage of Director Compensation Sales Value Using Other Kind of Technology	5.00%
Royalty Expense						116,956	$ 123,764	202,481	$ 305,672
Professional Fees						39,000	68,751	107,751	137,502
Consulting Agreement [Member]
Contingent Consideration, Services, Option to Buy Shares \| shares		500,000
Contingent Consideration, Services, Price Per Share \| $ / shares		$ 1
Contingent Consideration, Services, Share Bought Threshold Trigger \| shares		400,000
Contingent Consideration, Services, Additional Option to Buy Shares \| shares		500,000
Contingent Consideration, Services, Ratio of Shares Bought to Additional Option, Numerator		4
Contingent Consideration, Services, Ratio of Shares Bought to Additional Option, Denominator		5
Consulting Agreement [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Contingent Consideration, Services, Share Bought Threshold Trigger Days		30 days
Consulting Agreement [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Contingent Consideration, Services, Share Bought Threshold Trigger Days		60 days
Consulting Services [Member]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party						25,000	25,000	50,000	50,000
Director Clinical Affair [Member]
Due to Related Parties, Total						255,000		255,000		$ 123,000
Innovest S.p.A. [Member] \| Consulting Services [Member]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party						20,000	$ 20,000	40,000	$ 40,000
Former CEO [Member]
Employee Resignation Assertion, Gross Settlement			$ 175,000
Employee Resignation Assertion, Payment								113,889
Director of Clinical Affairs [Member]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Stock Options Exercised, Attributable to Consultants \| shares	8,333
Instruments [Member]
Purchase Commitment Number Of Units					2,000
Purchase Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed						28,147		28,147
Devices [Member]
Purchase Commitment Number Of Units				2,000
Purchase Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed						$ 1,397,440		$ 1,397,440