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Significant Customers & Geographical Information - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Customer	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) Customer	Oct. 01, 2014
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Number of customers \| Customer	2	2
Customer One [Member]
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Accounts receivable	$ 505,670	$ 761,413
Customer Two [Member]
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Accounts receivable	228,148	170,536
Related Party Supplier [Member]
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Payable	$ 610,202	$ 455,573
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member]
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Number of customers \| Customer	2	2
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] \| Customer One [Member]
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	21.00%	27.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] \| Customer Two [Member]
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	35.00%	18.00%
Instruments [Member] \| Supplier Concentration Risk [Member]
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Purchase from suppliers	$ 636,059	$ 617,602
Minimum [Member]
Entity Wide Information Revenue From External Customer [Line Items]
Rate of shareholder of the company			5.00%